Rhyme optional, Meter optional, 6 lines or more, line refrain.
Cascade
Rhyme optional, Meter optional, 6 lines or more, line refrain.
Invented by Josephine Ann Louise Cortes-Love aka MajesticRose on AllPoetry, March 2012.
It was inspired by the original Nonet.
TO WRITE IN THIS FORM YOU NEED THE FOLLOWING RULES:
14 lines (2 stanzas, 7 lines each)
First stanza syllable count as follows: 5/7/9/11/13/15/17
Second stanza syllable count as follows: 17/15/13/11/9/5
The last word of each line is the first word of the next line. (word form)
The first word of the second stanza can either be the last word of the first stanza OR a new word
The poem can rhyme or have no rhyme at all
Example Poem
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This form is a Cyclone invented by Sector-Hunter
*A cyclone is a poem that wraps around to form a loop it is made of 10 stanzas where the last 3 say what the first 3 said* (44 lines)
*1. The first three stanzas are in lines of 4 with a syllable count of 4,5,6,7*
*2. The next 4 stanzas are in lines of 5 with a count of 4,5,6,7,8 and lead up to the last three stanzas with a word or the whole line that will flow into the last 3 and cause the poem to loop *
*3. The last 3 stanzas are also in lines of 4 and the same count as the first 3 and they have to say the same thing as the first three stanzas*
There is no meter requirement; the illustrated poems shows the sample rhyme pattern,
But the author states rhyme optional.
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Dahquain form invented by D.A. Hemingway, aka, DianeAH on Allpoetry.com.
Iambic Tetrameter Quatrains
axAA bxBB cxCC dxDD, etc.
Minimum of 4 stanzas,
Ends with a separate rhyming couplet. (14 lines or more)
The capital letters indicate that the words are identical.
In the rhyme pattern indicated by axAAbxBBcxCCdxDD, the lines indicated with capitals contain word refrains.
Example Poem
Write a Dahquain
A Dahquain seems a friendly form.
Line two will never have to rhyme,
although I guess it is my norm
to try to monkey with the norm.
I suppose could to try to rhyme
all the unrhymed lines; even try
to challenge up with monorhyme
that is, if you like monorhyme.
Or you could get busy and try
to link as I’ve done here, those lone
lines lightly “Ah ha!”, slap your thigh.
Excited guys will slap their thigh.
Now that trick treds path of my own;
It’s not part of this easy form.
My tricks just wanted to be shown.
I’ll be anxious to see yours shown.
Enjoy the Dahquain, Di’s new form.
A Dahquain seems a friendly form.
© Lawrencealot – July 14, 2012
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Ignore name Dahtrain…That was my misunderstanding.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
9:11 AM
Duotrain is a form invented by Bhaskar Datta of Allpoetry
It is a four stanza poem
It has no metric requirement
but each stanza alternates between 8 and six syllable lines. (8/6/8/6)
Each Stanza is required to begin with the same character of the alphabet.
Rhyme Scheme: xaxa xbxb xcxc xdxd, (xaxaxbxbxcxcxdxd) (16 lines)
Example Poem
Let’s Write a Duotrain
To write a Duotrain today
use keyboard or a pen.
Find rhyming word to end line two,
and on line four again.
There are but two rhymes in each verse,
how easy can it be?
Eight syllables in line number
one, and again in three.
Take two away (syllables I
mean), leaving six right here.
For on even numbered lines, that
is all that should appear.
Take care that the same letter starts
the stanza every time.
That defines the Duotrain, that
and its specific rhyme.
© Larry Eberhart, aka, Lawrencealot, Oct. 14, 2012
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Entwined Form
This is a form invented by Mary Lou Healy, aka Mlou on Allpoetry.com
The form consists of three or more trimeter quintets, usually in Iambic where the 3rd line of each stanza rhymes with the first line of the following stanza, until the final stanza which rhymes with the first line of the poem.
Rhyme pattern: abcba cdedc efafe
Example Poem
Growth in Scansion
If I can ever learn
well then I’ll try to teach.
But just today I find
my wants exceed my reach,
and yet for more I yearn.
Old knowledge falls behind,
but learning it was key
for now I understand
those things I could not see-
no syllables defined.
The first two stanzas scan
as iambs every one.
an ananapest is wide.
It looks not right when done
in syllables, here man.
Trimeter’s satisfied.
Shoes don’t swap but feet do.
For syllables dactyls have three
and iambs have but two.
Three feet per line I’ve tried.
A template let’s you see
and can be used intact,
learning feet lets you spurn
just counting, that’s a fact-
a skill eluding me.
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Form Type:
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Metrical
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Origins:
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English
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Creator:
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Dorothy Hester
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Number of Lines:
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Rhyme Scheme:
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a,b,b,a,b
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Meter:
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N/A
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This form was Created by Victoria Sutton aka Passionspromise
It consists of two or more 8 line stanzas, each with the
refrain rhyming scheme of ababcCab
with ONLY the “c-rhyme” requiring the same sound each stanza.
There is NO metric or line length requirement, EXCEPT that
lines 5 and 6 are shorter than the others.
Example Poem
A Gift to Poets (Gratitude)
A lovely poet gave to me this form.
She said, “Take it. Perhaps you’ll find a way
to specify the path to keep it warm.”
The specs I saw were loose enough to sway
a poet to invent
and follow mind’s intent.
I’ve chosen Iambs, you need not conform.
I’m grateful this form let’s the poet play.
I first thought “Torylet” could be the name,
but “toilet” sounds too close for me so now,
while sitting here, this new idea came.
I’ll name it, “Gratitude” in note of how
the poet may select his bent
and follow mind’s intent.
My next attempt shall be a whole new game
for many variants this will allow.
© Lawrencealot – November 5, 2012
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