Quinzaine

By Lawrence Eberhart | December 5, 2013 - 3:23 pm |June 6, 2020 All, social

• The Quinzaine is an internet form found at Shadow Poetry and Instant Poetry for Kids, named from the French qunize (fifteen) for the 15 syllables the poem contains.The Quinzaine is:
  • a tristich, a poem of 3 lines.
  • syllabic, 7/5/3 syllables per line.
  • unrhymed.
  • composed of: L1 a statement, L2 and L3 questions related to the statement.Keats by Judi Van GorderPoet writes in present tense.
    When is verse in time,
    is now then?

Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1188>

Thanks to Judi for the fine source at PMO.

My Attempt at Example

Insanity Defense      (Quinzaine)

Right and wrong are human judgments.

Can incapable man

do no wrong?

© Lawrencealot – December 5, 2013

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