Sochi: Figure Skating

Crowds, stadiums, ice-skating clothes,
Slogans, cheerleaders, judges, and ice,
Month-long waiting and practice,
The stress forces one out of breath;
Almost too nervous to compete,
But life without it wouldn't be so neat;
Music on, favorite song,
International peers, time to skate along,
Figure 8, concentrate,
Twists and jumps, key to higher grade,
No falls and no faults,
Enthusiastic applauds,
A medal on neck,
Pride spread,
Sports and nutrition relate,
Voucher for diet, a fit way to succeed.

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milton's Closed Form Free Verse (Wikipedia)

Of all closed forms in English prosody, none has demonstrated greater durability and range of expression than blank verse, which is verse that follows a regular meter but does not rhyme. In English, iambic pentameter is by far the most frequently employed meter. Among the many exemplary works of blank verse in English are Milton's Paradise Lost and most of the verse passages from Shakespeare's plays, such as this portion of a famous soliloquy from Hamlet:

To be, or not to be — that is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep —

No more, and by a sleep to say we end

The heartache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep,

To sleep — perchance to dream. Aye, there's the rub.

 

 

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