Short Particular Measure All the authorities seem to agree that this has 6-line stanzas rhyming aabaab, with syllable counts of 668668 (that’s 334334 in feet). Mysteriously, all the authorities then go on to give examples with syllable counts of 448448! On the assumption that what they say is more reliable than what they do, I offer this as an example of SPM:
He made the sheep and hogs; He made the mice and frogs, Our great Creator sempitern – And us, and cats, and dogs. So say our theologues: One day to pasta we’ll return.
Pasted from <http://volecentral.co.uk/vf/measures.htm#Short%20Particular%20Measure> My thanks to Bob Newman for his years of work on the wonderful Volecentral resource.
My example
Loosing It! (Short Particular Measure)
I’m really quite amused when some words are misused Since poets offered help one time cannot be disabused they cannot be excused. Perhaps they ought to switch to mime.
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