the sei per sei (italian for 'six by six') just kinda popped into my head while i was tramping out the vintage where the poetry is stored. while it is a very short stanza (yeah for micropoets everywhere), it is rather tricksey. the rundown: - 3 lines per stanza - 6 syllables per line - write as many or as few stanzas as suit your need (here comes that tricksey bit) - syllable 3 in lines one and three must rhyme/near rhyme with syllable 6 in line two - syllable 6 in lines one and three must rhyme/near rhyme with syllable 3 in line two in the following template the numbers represent the number of syllables in the line fragment and the letter

bilbian sonnet tutorial by haijinik, literature

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bilbian sonnet tutorial

the bilbian (my last name is bilbee... what else would i call it?) sonnet came about on my bike ride home last night. i had the first and last line of the first stanza of the example below in my head and realized they were in iambic pentameter and that got the ball rolling...sorry, guys. the rundown: first off, it IS in iambic pentameter with a total of 14 lines... but that is the easy part. the first and last lines of the first stanza have 2 seperate rhymes in common: one at the fifth syllable and one at the tenth. not only that, they should not so much refrain as echo one another. a similar echo effect should appear in the third and six

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son't tutorial

the son't is a form i devised due to my love/hate relationship with traditional sonnets. it is basically a HIGHLY truncated version of a sonnet with a few bits of silliness thrown in to lighten up the mood. the rundown: the lines are 5 syllables long, containing two and a half iambs (one of you guys out there can supply me with the right name for this, i am sure), literally cutting the length of a sonnet line in half. there are only seven lines. the rhyme scheme runs A/B/A/C/B/C/A, but the last words in lines one and seven must be the same word. there must be at least ONE abbreviated or truncated word (feel free to go nuts, the more the

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pantun tutorial

the pantun is a malaysian form based on oral traditions and is the seed form that developed into what is known in the west as the pantoum. the rundown: - one stanza of four lines - each line usually contains between 8 and 12 syllables. - a/b/a/b rhyme scheme. - the first couplet may seem completely unattached in subject matter or concept to the second, though there is some connection. - traditionally uses assonance as well as allusion to proverbs, history and geography. the template is simple: a (8-12 syls) b (same syl count as the first line) a (same syl count as the first line) b (same syl count as the first line) and an examp

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parallelismus membrorum tutorial

the parallelismus membrorum is a form based on hebrew writing traditions. it focuses more on rhetorical devices rather than meters or rhymes. a classic example can be found in the new testament's book of matthew (5:3-11), known as the beatitudes. the rundown: - there is no set stanza or line count. - there is no set rhyme scheme, metrical requirement, or line count. - each line (or concept) is between 3 and 6 words long. - lines (or concepts) are grouped into contrasting or paralleling pairs. - each couplet (or pair of concepts) should be able to stand alone, but the entire piece should feel like a harmonious whole. an example: poet's

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double dactyl tutorial

the double dactyl was created by paul pascal and anthony hecht. it is a humorous, often satiric, form of poetry. the content makes some type of statement about the subject introduced in the first stanza. the run down: - two stanzas - each stanza has four lines -the only mandatory rhyme: the last lines of eacj stanza must rhyme with one another. - the first line of the first stanza is a nonsense line comprised of 2 dactyls (a metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented), like higgledy piggeldy. - the second line of the of the first stanza is a famous name, real or fictional, arranged into 2 dactyls.

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abcadab tutorial

the abcadab is a form i devised while playing with alphabetic poetry forms. the syllable structure of this form is based on a form i derived called median. the rundown: -rhyming is not mandatory, but is allowed. -the form consists of 6 quatrains and a concluding couplet. -the quatrains have a syllable-per-line count of 3/5/5/3 -the couplet has a syllable-per-line count of 3/5 -the first word of the first stanza must start with a word beginning in the letter 'a', &

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pentelloum tutorial

i devised the pentelloum while playing around with various refraining forms like the villanelle and the pantoum. as you will see, it isn't the easiest to get your head around, but i think it is fun. the rundown: - any syllable-per-line count or meter is fine, just be consistent throughout the entire piece. - there must be at least 2 stanzas. - there are 5 lines per stanza. - lines 1, 3, and 5 rhyme and line 2 & 4 rhyme. - lines 2 & 4 from the preceding stanza are refrained and become lines 1 & 3 in the current stanza. - in the concluding stanza line 5 from the beginning stanza is refrained as line 2 and line 1 from the begin

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