Long Octave

Type:	Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic
Description:	An octave of iambic tetrameter with rhyme scheme abcbabcb.
Schematic:	Line rhythm: xX xX xX xX Rhyme scheme: abcbabcb
Rhythm/Stanza Length:	8
See Also:	Common Measure, Common Octave, Long Measure, Octave
Status:	Incomplete

My thanks to Charles L. Weatherford for his fine Poetrybase resource.

Example poem

Recruiting (Long Octave)

When Maude and I were at the park

just chatting calmly on a bench,

two half-dressed trollops happened by

(I think perhaps that they were French),

it wasn’t close to getting dark.

They asked, “We’ve many thirsts to quench.

and one’s a friendly older guy;

would you take care of him by chance?”

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