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Johnn
Type: Structure, Metrical Requirement
Description: A form developed by Johnn Schroeder because we could find no structural forms beginning with the letter J. This is a three-verse syllabic form. Each verse is preceded by the title giving an element of repetition. The verses are five lines with the following syllable counts: 2, 3, 4, 3, 2; 4, 6, 8, 6, 4; 2, 3, 4, 3, 2.
Origin: American
Schematic:
Title

xx
xxx
xxxx
xxx
xx

Title

xxxx
xxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxx
xxxx

Title

xx
xxx
xxxx
xxx
xx
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 5
Line/Poem Length:          18

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My thanks to Charles L. Weatherford for his years of work on the wonderful Poetrybase resource.

Yep, the double n in Johnn is correct.

My example

A Dish to Die For

You don’t
want me on
your dinner plate
cute though I
may be

A Dish to Die For

I am the most
poison fish in the sea!
(Yet Japanese do relish me.)
Only expert can parse
safe parts of me.

A Dish to Die For

Many
dumb folks died
when they served me
merely fried.
Beware.

© Lawrencealot – August 21, 2014