Q: I realized that words like feel, pile, tale, boil, and fool are 2 syllables. Feel for example is pronounced "fee-ohl" and tale/tail is pronounced "tey-ohl" but in songs and poems, I often see these words to be counted as 1 syllable. So I was wondering when you write lyrics, do you count these words as 1 or 2 syllables?
A: it's possible and fun to count those and many more words as 1, 2, 3, or many more syllables. it's also fun to count much longer words as 1 syllable. that's one of the more fun aspects of songwriting, i think