The Cutest Shoes for Every Poetic Foot
A good poem, they say, trips off the tongue. What they don't say is what kind of shoes it's wearing to do so.
NEVER FEAR: in honor of National Poetry Month, we're playing Cinderella and pairing up the rhythmic units of meter with their appropriate poetic footwear. Every poetic foot (for example, the iamb, of Shakespearean pentameter fame: duh DUH) has its own stylistic flavor, and now it's got a stylish shoe to match.
For the iamb:
A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse! (Richard III, William Shakespeare)
The iamb is the most iconic of all poetic feet—classic style, and endlessly adaptable. Play with its toe-tapping rhythm with this adorable pair of taupe Mary Janes: the neutral color goes with almost anything, and the high heels will have you clicking along at an iambic clip.
For the trochee:
Had a wife and couldn't keep her.
Blair Thornburgh
BLAIR THORNBURGH is a graduate of the University of Chicago, where she earned a B.A. in medieval studies and delivered a pretty good commencement speech. She lives in Philadelphia.
