Our Latin 3/4 class is translating Catullus and we have, of course, been scanning the 
hendecasyllables. I found a poem by Tennyson which uses this meter in English and even mentions our favorite poet.
O you chorus of indolent reviewers,
Irresponsible, indolent reviewers,
Look, I come to the test, a tiny poem
All composed in a metre of Catullus…
I am very excited to continue our discussion of meter after break. I am going to try to write some hendecasyllables for my students in English over our spring break. We will see what I can come up with for them!
Magistra Beck 