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Discussion in 'Norwich City' started by royalbarclayfan, Feb 29, 2012.

  1. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    We´ll try to stand tall
    When we pay a call
    This Saturday mid-afternoon,
    In the wake of those
    Undoubted long throws
    Just ready to make us all swoon,
    And don´t get me wrong
    As a weapon, they´re strong
    Especially with a six-foot-five Crouch,
    Just loitering there
    Up where the air
    Is thin, there´ll be no room to slouch,
    But Lambert I´m sure
    Has thought of a cure
    For those airborne missiles of yours,
    And has his own plan
    For just how we can
    Add a point or more to our own cause,
    A draw when we met
    Early on, and we let
    A one goal lead slip, I recall,
    Was probably fair
    Though we were unclear
    Back then, as to this league´s pitfalls,
    We´re much wiser now
    Though we must still bow
    To your extra Premier League years,
    And a Europe taste too
    Will have strengthened you
    As this season´s finale nears,
    So I´d say, a point
    Hard fought at your joint
    Would be very satisfactory,
    But what would bring joy
    Unlike t´other new boy
    Would be if we picked up all three,
    And Pulis, no doubt
    Will cajole and shout
    Instructions, especially if things,
    Don´t potter along
    In tune with his song
    I´m looking forward to what the day brings.

    Yours very expectantly,
     
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  2. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    High quality as usual RBF, I think we may just spring a surprise on this one, with a late winner from our sub., Howson J!

    <rose><rose><rose><rose><rose>
     
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  3. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    Evening dave, seems very quiet in the Potteries tonight, think I´d be quite happy with a draw here..................

    For you know they do rule Britannia
    And despite our Canarymania,
    It´s a tough place to go
    And put on a show
    We´ll need to be just that bit cannier. ;) OTBC
     
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  4. Smithers

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    Excellent!

    Good luck on your vist and to be fair I think we were very lucky at your place!
     
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  5. Pottermouth 328

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    We we're indeed fortunate to get a pt a Norwich, no doubting that.. but to the O.P.
    Why do you keep pressing the
    enter
    button
    so
    often.. <doh>

    That's a nice verse, now go and lie on your'e couch
    Let's hope for your'e sake, your'e not caught out by Crouch.
    Swansea they knew and we're warned about Rory but nay, it was Shotton
    Where we're all their defenders, "Crouch scored" they must have forgotten.

    Not underestimating Norwich at all but, I think we should be looking to be positive and go for it!
    I will be dissapointed if we don't win this game. Can't wait to see Grant Holt come up against
    Robert Huth.. <yikes> Something's gotta give me thinks.

    Good luck after Saturday of course!





    ENJOY the game fella's I HOPE not the result.
     
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  6. nickyb

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    Doggerel
     
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  7. canary-dave

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    Philistines rarely see beyond the end of their nose!

    ;)
     
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  8. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    NB, some might say
    The way that you play
    Is a doggerel form of football,
    But, like my rhyme
    You can´t please all the time
    Everyone, in their own port of call. ;)
     
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  9. binge-on-beer

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    when you come across here
    don't think that we're queer
    when we shove our arse in your face
    its just we're unhappy
    with our manager chappie
    and Rory should not have a place

    But we hope you go deaf
    when we shout at the ref
    for denying poor wilko a goal.
    Yet Walters will thrive
    From the pen from the dive
    when pennant fell with a roll

    If shawcross gets two
    and Ethers one too
    methinks that means we'll score four
    and delia will curse
    cos you came off the worst
    relegation beckons once more

    <sorry>:emoticon-0111-blush:emoticon-0111-blush:emoticon-0139-bow::emoticon-0139-bow::headbang:
     
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  10. royalbarclayfan

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    binge,

    A high scoring draw
    Which could mean 4-4
    Is how I think this one could end,
    Etherington M
    Could be where problems stem
    For us, that I´ll not pretend

    But relegation, whoa!
    Though you never know
    And if you think we could still fall,
    What of your fine selves
    Surely not, hell´s bells
    We´d really have to hit a wall

    And Holt versus Huth
    Both quite a tough nut
    Will be something special to see,
    As Pottermouth said
    Their own head to head
    Could decide things, ultimately. :)
     
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  11. nickyb

    nickyb Well-Known Member

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    Let me explain canaryman.
    Just because it rhymes does NOT mean it is either poetry or verse,
    Yes it rhymes, but there is NO rhythm, nor meter, look up Iambic Pentameter in your dictionary, then you will see what I mean.

    Blank verse (that means it does not rhyme) is written in Iambic Pentameters as a basic format, and the rhythm goes di dum di dum di dum, the stress being on the 'di@

    Do not even think to lecture me on poetry or any other aspect of English Literature - stick to Pam Ayres

    Good luck for the season, after tomorrow of course, I really rate your manager, I like him as a player, especially when he went to Germany - a class act
     
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  12. Smithers

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    Excellent guys! A bit of light hearted banter for a change - it must because the sun is out!
     
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  13. Pottermouth 328

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    Nicky
    Most poetry I have read usually does rhyme?

    But, you are the one doing the degree in English so I guess you are correct.

    BUT, tommorow is Friday I think, is that sun Smither's mentioned getting you too excited.

    I'll let you know what I think of Parameters and Iambi's or Iambic's when I've googled it. <whistle>
     
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  14. Canary Rob

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    Actually there is no such requirement for poetry to have "rhythm". Poetry simply means that you use the language for a purpose beyond what is actually said- i.e. so that it sounds pleasant. Rhythm is just one way of doing this. It is simply for aesthetic purposes. For example, you can have a poem about love which is in the shape of a heart- i.e. the actual words form a visual heart. It has no rhythm, or rhyme or even meter, but it is still a poem.

    Verse on the other hand can either have a meter, or a rhyme, or both. Simply rhyming is enough to classify something as verse, as is simply a rhythm.

    Iambic pentameter is much more flexible than just "di dum" times five. The dum and the di can be reversed, you can even have stops in the line that count as something. There are more meters than just pentas, though this is the standard.


    Anyway, enough on the literature lesson!
     
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  15. royalbarclayfan

    royalbarclayfan Well-Known Member

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    Can´t see anywhere where I´m lecturing you on anything, and I certainly never professed to be writing in Iambic Pentameter.

    I never once professed to be writing
    As Shakespeare did, in lines often biting,
    So take it with a pinch of salt my friend
    Or this debate may just not find an end. :)
     
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  16. nickyb

    nickyb Well-Known Member

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    I told you not to attempt to lecture me, now do as you are told and don't
     
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  17. canary-dave

    canary-dave Well-Known Member

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    Actually 'pentameter' is self explanatory to an intelligent person! Not all poetry consists of five "feet" or "metrical units" so you are correct in not wishing to be lectured to, as it would be pointless to someone of such limited creative knowledge!

    This is a football forum for goodness sake, not the open university! <doh>
     
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  18. Pottermouth 328

    Pottermouth 328 Well-Known Member

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    Canary Dave
    By not all do you mean this example..

    The boy stood on the burning deck,
    His feet were covered in blister's.
    His boxer's too were burnt as well,
    So he had to wear his Sister's.
    SORRY!
     
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  19. royalbarclayfan

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    Oh dearie, dearie me! <doh>
     
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  20. binge-on-beer

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    the boy dived off the burning deck
    into a nearby punt
    but delia smith had got there first
    so his head went up her ....

    got to get back on topic somehow
     
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