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Sparrowlet

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SPARROWLET – Invented by Katharine Sparrow
The meter is iambic tetrameter.
It is a sestet – a poem with 6 lines.
The first half and the second half of line 1
make up a refrain which is switched on the last line.

The rhyming is indicated by the characters below.

XXXA XXXB
xxxxxxxb
xxxxxxxa
xxxxxxxb
xxxxxxxa
XXXB XXXA

Example Poem

Practice the Smile

Practice the smile; get the smile right.
I’m Hollywood bound–that’s alright!
A dog-food commercial for trial.
But I want movies that have bite,
a film career to last a while.
Get the smile right.  Practice the smile;
No RinTinTin, No dog Lassie.
No commercials! Me, I’m sassy.
I’ll do Nicholson, with chagrin
or Jim Carey, somewhat classy.
A leading hound will star again.
No dog Lassie.  No RinTinTin.
© Lawrencealot – April 26, 2012
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Tyburn

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A six line poem consisting of 2/2/2/2/9/9  syllables.
The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words.
The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as 4 syllables
Rhyme Scheme:  xxxxaa
Example Poem:
Campus Choices
Brashest                                                        
Dullest
Dearest
Cutest
The brashest, dullest jock, slow to start
Found the dearest, cutest, girls too smart.

Vignette Form

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The Vignette is also the name of a syllabic invented verse form introduced by Fozari Rockwood found in Pathways for the Poet by Viola Berg,1977.
The Vignette is:
a hexastich, an unrhymed poem in 6 lines.
syllabic: 2/4/4/6/7/3  syllables per line.
Example Poem:
Activities Director ( Vignette form )
Supine,
reading a book.
My yorkie drops
his chew ball upon my
chest, holds it with one paw; quiet
bark, “Let’s go.”