Son, I feel it's time I introduced you into ancient literature.
Here's a XVI century poem written by one man... a one-eyed man: Os Lusíadas
It was written in archaic portuguese, still mostly understood by the people, but with some nice flourishes.
But what I want to show you about this poem is this little quote from the wiki:
1102 stanzas ALL written with the same rhyme scheme, ALL verses decasyllabic! And still he manages to tell the story!
Portuguese is a rich language, but COME ON!!!
This requires some super-human wisdom to accomplish, don't you think? The man himself claims in the poem that he was assisted by the muses... must be true!
Here's a XVI century poem written by one man... a one-eyed man: Os Lusíadas
It was written in archaic portuguese, still mostly understood by the people, but with some nice flourishes.
But what I want to show you about this poem is this little quote from the wiki:
Quote:The poem consists of ten cantos, with a variable number of stanzas (1102 in total), written in the decasyllabic ottava rima, which has the rhyme scheme ABABABCC.
The poem is made up of four sections:
An introduction (proposition - presentation of the theme and heroes of the poem)
Invocation – a prayer to the Tágides, the nymphs of the river Tejo;
A dedication - (to D. Sebastião), followed by narration (the epic itself)
An epilogue, (beginning at Canto X, stanza 145).
The middle section contains the narration and a variety of scenes. The most important part of Os Lusíadas, the arrival in India, was placed at the point in the poem that divides the work according to the golden section at the beginning of Canto VII.
1102 stanzas ALL written with the same rhyme scheme, ALL verses decasyllabic! And still he manages to tell the story!
Portuguese is a rich language, but COME ON!!!
This requires some super-human wisdom to accomplish, don't you think? The man himself claims in the poem that he was assisted by the muses... must be true!
