7. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
8 syllables
6 syllables
8 syllables
6 syllables
It is an Ancient Mariner
And he stoppeth one of three
By thy long beard and glittering eye
Now wherefore stopp’st thou me.
8. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Fourteener
8 syllables
6 syllables
8 syllables
6 syllables
It is an Ancient Mariner
And he stoppeth one of three
By thy long beard and glittering eye
Now wherefore stopp’st thou me.
9. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
8 syllables
6 syllables
8 syllables
8 syllables
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/
It is an Ancient Mariner
And he stopp’th one of three
By thy long beard and glittering eye
Now wherefore stopp’st thou me.
10. The Gilligan’s Island Theme Song
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Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
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That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
11. The Gilligan’s Island Theme Song
8 syllables
6 syllables
8 syllables
6 syllables
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
12. The Gilligan’s Island Theme Song
8 syllables
6 syllables
8 syllables
6 syllables
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
13. Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
Now, what you hear is not a test
I'm rapping to the beat
And me, the groove, and my friends
Are gonna try to move your feet
14. Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
8 syllables
6 syllables
8 syllables
8 syllables
Now, what you hear is not a test
I'm rapping to the beat
And me, the groove, and my friends
Are gonna try to move your feet
15. Your Turn
In groups, write your own short ballad with at least 4
stanzas
Choose the fourteener format:
4 line stanzas (quatrains)
Alternating 8 and 6 syllable lines
Rhyme only the 2nd and 4th lines
Use primarily unstressed/stressed meter
For subject matter:
Consider a narrative/story (ex. “The Ballad of Kim
Kardashian”)
Fractured/modern fairy tale
Crazy person tells you a story
Rap on why you are particularly dope
