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Poetic Forms (PF)
Learn about old & new poetic forms.
If you are familiar with one or have a favorite style, share it with others. Or just try writing a few and posting them here.

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Diamante ~ FOM Dec 07 ^{Note: Let's make this the Form of the Month for December:} ALSO SEE DANIEL'S POST NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Here is the definition and structure of a Diamante - Give it a try by posting one of your own to this thread.<... Started Oct 2^nd, 2003 at 7:43pm by Normpo « Pages 1 2 »	17	217	Dec 24^th, 2007 at 2:02pm By: Just_Daniel
Progressive Sonnet ~ FOM Nov 07 The FORM-of-the-MONTH for November is (for now, at least) called: *Progressive Sonnet* *Progressive Sonnet* is the tentative name for a 'form' that Norm Pollock (Normpo) introduced to us this month, without offer... Started Nov 5^th, 2007 at 4:28pm by Just_Daniel	1	79	Nov 14^th, 2007 at 7:37am By: Normpo
Sonnet Bref ~ FOM Oct 07 Sonnet Bref Laying no claim to having originated the term, I have nonetheless personally designated *'sonnet bref'* as: [center][size=16][color=Red]a 14-line poem in any of the standard or [i]variant[/...\|/center] Here are a few examples: Bref Invite I needs a fresh perspective ta see as others see… my eyes is so defective, cain't read t Started Apr 9^th, 2006 at 10:59pm by Just_Daniel	9	121	Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 7:40pm By: Just_Daniel
septoling ~ FOM Aug/Sept 07 *Septoling* is a brand new form suggested in Norm Pollack's recent postings in CA. Though he has not named it during his experimenting with the concept in the last couple of weeks, I thought I should c... Started Jul 25^th, 2007 at 6:33am by Just_Daniel	10	141	Sep 13^th, 2007 at 6:01pm By: Just_Daniel
Rictameter ~ FOM July 07 Hello Everyone: Rictameter is an interesting form. It is much like the cinquain, yet provide a further challenge and allow for a wider scope of thought. Rictameter is a syllabic form composed of 9 lines. L... Started Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 4:52pm by poetprncess (Ex Member) « Pages 1 2 »	25	324	Jul 12^th, 2007 at 12:30pm By: Just_Daniel
nonet Nonet A nonet is a simple syllabic poem of nine lines of decreasing length thus: line 1 - 9 syllables line 2 - 8 syllable line 3 - 7 syllabl line 4 - 6 syllab line 5 - 5 syl... Here are some examples: [center]feather down [si...\|/center] ... and an acrostic nonet: [center]Eviction Eventually this day would come; villain – this procrastination inexorably . . . must end, crashing all about you [size=1]~ still, m Started Dec 27^th, 2006 at 3:53pm by Just_Daniel	7	32	Jun 29^th, 2007 at 1:19pm By: Just_Daniel
Sestina Sestina This is a very difficult style to write well. It is a verse form with repeating end words. It was created by Arnaut Daniel, but Dante and Petrarch would be the best known poets to utilize... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:27pm by Jess	14	167	May 27^th, 2007 at 6:19pm By: Just_Daniel
Decima The recipe I go by is: 10 lines seventh syllable is a strong beat and gets the rhyme rhyme scheme is abbaacddcc Mention mighty mountain peaks... Man will climb each trail aris... Started May 16^th, 2007 at 7:15am by jgdittier	0	17	May 16^th, 2007 at 7:15am By: jgdittier
Lira ~ FOM Apr 07 Lira Lira is a Spanish style of poetry in which each stanza utilizes two eleven syllable lines. This is interesting because most of the romance languages use 11 syllable lines commonly in their poetry.... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:36pm by Jess	7	31	Apr 4^th, 2007 at 8:59pm By: diehard
Choka Choka The later version of *choka* [ "long poem" ] is a Japanese form of unrhymed alternating 5- and 7-syllable lines that ends with an extra 7-syllable line. It can therefore be any odd number of lines. e.g. a seven-line choka would b... Started Jan 9^th, 2007 at 9:30am by Just_Daniel	14	40	Feb 26^th, 2007 at 9:46pm By: Just_Daniel
Huitain Huitain is a French verse form of an 8-line stanza with 8 or 10 syllables in each line, often iambic. It is written with three rhymes, one utilized twice (in four lines). The form evidently was popula... Started Feb 12^th, 2007 at 12:48am by Just_Daniel	10	25	Feb 25^th, 2007 at 10:30pm By: diehard
Quatrain Refrain Quatrain Refrain Quatrain Refrain is a form reminiscent of a quatern, that was invented in 2006 by Liz DiBenidetto ( poetprncess ) of Mosaic Musings and Poetry 911 and was aptly named by Lori Kanter of MM.<... Started Feb 11^th, 2007 at 5:23am by Just_Daniel	5	27	Feb 22^nd, 2007 at 2:39am By: percephanie
Glosa/glose A form (of Spanish origin), the glose has found acceptance in Central and South America as well, but has never encountered much favour in other linguistic areas. It consists of two parts: the o... Started Aug 5^th, 2003 at 1:12pm by alien	1	69	Feb 16^th, 2007 at 1:55am By: Shadow_Angel
Quatrain Quatrain A *quatrain* is either a poem or any section of a poem that has four lines, whether metrical, rhyming or free verse. A simple example as a simple reminder: [font=papyrus]... Translation: [b]Short Line this train has four (rail) cars that's all Started Jan 23^rd, 2007 at 9:37am by Just_Daniel	3	75	Feb 11^th, 2007 at 2:20pm By: percephanie
Star-Crossed Rhyme Star-Crossed Rhyme Norman Pollack (Normpo) has introduced this variation on rhyming, metrical poetry, in Circadian Addiction this month, calling it Star-Crossed. He cites four basic rules, which I sum... Started Feb 3^rd, 2007 at 10:02pm by Just_Daniel	0	53	Feb 4^th, 2007 at 12:02am By: Just_Daniel
Monotetra Monotetra *Monotetra* is a form mused by Michael Walker, probably around 2003. It consists of any number of quatrains (stanzas of four lines each). Each stanza contains a monorhyme, such that it rhymes aaaa bbbb ... Started Jan 9^th, 2007 at 12:00am by Just_Daniel	0	11	Jan 9^th, 2007 at 12:00am By: Just_Daniel
Quatern The Quatern This is a French form. The first line of the first stanza becomes the repeating line that comes back in every quatrain. It becomes the second line in the second stanza, the third in ... Started Feb 19^th, 2004 at 2:35am by Normpo	8	125	Dec 28^th, 2006 at 1:58am By: Normpo
Quintine Quintine This poetic form is a syllable-counting form, like nonet, cinquain, lanturne and Etheree. There are no restrictions as to subject matter, nor is there a prescribed rhyme scheme. It is a five line poem with the follow... Started Oct 26^th, 2006 at 11:51am by Normpo	0	12	Oct 26^th, 2006 at 1:51pm By: Normpo
free fall sonnet free fall sonnet What we'll call a free fall sonnet is an "abNORMal" sonnet, which is intended to be partly comical but also expresses a point of view about strict form. I am a strong advocate of the p... Started Oct 22^nd, 2006 at 5:25pm by Normpo	0	13	Oct 22^nd, 2006 at 7:25pm By: Normpo
Ae Freslighe Ae Freslighe (ay fresh lee) is a Celtic form of poetry: Each stanza is a quatrain of seven syllables. Lines one and three rhyme with a triple (three syllable) rhyme and two and four use a double ... Started Feb 19^th, 2004 at 2:29am by Normpo	1	80	Oct 5^th, 2006 at 1:02am By: Pen
Cyrch a cywta Cyrch a cywta Cyrch a cywta is another Welsh poetic form: a stanza of eight 7-syllable lines Lines 1-6 and 8 share a single rhyme L7 ends in a second, cross-rhyme in the 3^rd syllable of L8 x x x x x x a x x x x x x a x x x x x x a x x x x x x ... Started Nov 8^th, 2005 at 10:26pm by Normpo	3	82	Oct 5^th, 2006 at 12:52am By: Pen
Paradelle Paradelle The *paradelle* is a very difficiult French form of poetry that has very strict repetition throughout the poem. There are a total of four 6-line stanzas, with the last stanza being a summa... Started Aug 2^nd, 2003 at 4:17pm by Shanti	6	158	Apr 10^th, 2006 at 12:43am By: Just_Daniel
The Alliterisen The Alliterisen This form was created by Udit Bhatia (also known as "The Risen Sun"). I think he invented a winner here. It is a challenging form that I found a lot of fun. Here is how it wo... Started Feb 14^th, 2006 at 2:14pm by Normpo	1	53	Feb 14^th, 2006 at 5:46pm By: the_risen_sun - Ex Member
Coupletameter Coupletameter I came here seeking [ but not finding, so I'm posting ] this interesting form that Norm has invented using the rictameter (well, almost, he says) and rhyming couplets in combo — with two lines of each meter: monomet... Started Apr 26^th, 2005 at 2:15pm by Just_Daniel	3	83	Oct 31^st, 2005 at 1:35pm By: Richie
ABCDerius ABCDerius One type of *ABCDerian* poem is an *acrostic* of 26 lines (or I suppose any multiple of 26, although I can't say I've ever seen one). The first letter of each line begins with a successive lette... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:49pm by Jess	2	78	Jul 26^th, 2004 at 3:18pm By: Pen

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