This one is noun heavy, because it's early American New England, whose authors were noun-specific and precise. We'll focus on verbs with some southern lit a bit later--to each, its strengths. Let's rewrite the opening paragraph of Moby Dick.
Here's how it works:
I give you a list of numbered parts of speech. In the comments, you post your list, I plug it in and post it next week when we're all biting our knuckles again.
- NAME
- NOUN
- VERB
- ADJECTIVE
- GERUND
- ADJECTIVE
- PROPER NOUN
- NOUN
- PLURAL COMPOUND NOUN
- BODY PART
- NOUN
- ADVERB
- NOUN
- NOUN
- NOUN
- HISTORICAL FIGURE
- NOUN
- PLURAL NOUN
- NOUN
- OBJECT PRONOUN
Alrighty then. Let's have some wordy-nerdy fun!
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.
Intertextuality is my passion.
Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.
My words are mine, not a robot’s.
MA English literature, CofC
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