The Anapestic Doctor
I hit the publish button too soon on that last post about Dr Who before the comments box was added so I’m going to post a poem I wrote a while back about the later incarnation of Dr Who as David Tennant with Billie Piper as Rose. And hopefully I will add a comment box so you can comment about either post.
Technical bit: Anapestic Meter in poetry depends on three-syllable sections of verse, or words. An anapest is two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed.
Here is the poem:
At the end of the world the doctor is waiting
He knows what needs doing without hesitating
His faithful companion, Rose Tyler, is with him
When it comes to the crunch, she will risk life and limb
The daleks attack without any compassion
They don’t know that killing has gone out of fashion
The doctor will snare them, they’ll suffer defeat
With his sonic screwdriver, they’ll soon be dead meat
So earthlings don’t worry or get in a stew
You have a protector – he’s called Dr Who
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