This sounds correct yet "Grammarly" says that it is wrong.
I was writing a poem and checking its grammar and meter when I got a grammatical error where I did not expect it. I use the program called Grammarly, and it told me that this sentence was incorrect: "The sun peeks up its amber head, to rise each man from bed." It tells me, "The noun phrase 'bed' seems to be missing a determiner before it. Consider adding an article." It may just be one of those phrases where everyone gets the grammar wrong, but I have always heard "rise from bed." Is that not correct? I would be fine with adding an article if it were not for the fact that the poem is set up like this:
The sun peeks up its amber head,
to rise each man from bed.
The first line is iambic tetrameter and the second line is iambic trimeter. Grammarly even tells me that my "rise from bed" is correct. Can someone help with this more than likely ignorance infused mistake?
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Poetry does not have the same rules as prose, hence (at least partially) the term “poetic licence”. Programmes are not always correct: they have just told me that I have spelt “licence”, “programmes”, and even “spelt” wrongly, which I haven't. What is wrong in your couplet is the verb “rise”.
- Poetry does not have the same rules as prose, hence (at least partially) the term “poetic licence”.
- Programmes are not always correct: they have just told me that I have spelt “licence”, “programmes”, and even “spelt” wrongly, which I haven't.
- What is wrong in your couplet is the verb “rise”.
- It should be “raise”.
- “Rise” is not a transitive verb.
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Poetry does not have the same rules as prose, hence (at least partially) the term “poetic licence”. Programmes are not always correct: they have just told me that I have spelt “licence”, “programmes”, and even “spelt” wrongly, which I haven't. What is wrong in your couplet is the verb “rise”. It should be “raise”. “Rise” is not a transitive verb. The sun can rise, but it can't rise anything or
0The poem sounds much better to me with the determiner. There is still some poetic licence, though.
The sun peeks up its amber head,
To raise each man from out his bed.
By the way, how is the philosopher's stone working for you?
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