Scanning Your Poems (cont.)

So, here's a little scanning in action.

I had this poem about a Spanish class party, and the poem had sprinkled Spanish words throughout. Here's my final verse:

I go down the hall for an el baño break
I could use a siesta. I'm barely awake.
I hang out and chat with mi amigo, Carlos
Until la Señora calls out, "!Adios!"

To maintain my meter, I was counting on the all caps syllables being stressed, and that's how I read it out loud.

I GO down the HALL for an EL baño BREAK
I could USE a siESta. I'm BAREly aWAKE.
I HANG out and CHAT with mi aMIgo, CarLOS
UnTIL la SeñORa calls OUT, "!AdiOS!"

And it worked just fine. Right? Wrong.

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