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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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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
Acrostic Poem ~ FOM Jan 07 Originally posted by Jess (in other words, he owns the copyright to this description) Acrostic Acrostic poems have a rather long history. Although it isn’t clear when they were first produced, the earliest examples of thi... Started Aug 27^th, 2003 at 6:42pm by YaBB-Developer « Pages 1 2 3 »	33	401	Apr 19^th, 2008 at 3:56pm By: WildCityWoman
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	81	Oct 5^th, 2006 at 1:02am By: Pen
Alliterative Verse Alliterative Verse The alliterative verse poem is an Old English style. It was commonly written from pre-Norman times through to the 15th century. The style has fallen out of favour since then, b... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:20pm by Jess	0	25	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:20pm By: Jess
Ballad ~ Form of the Month, October 2009 Form of the Month for October 2009: Ballad *Ballads* fall into two categories, “street” and “traditional”. It is hard to say which of these styles is the older of the two, but it appears that the traditional b... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:42pm by Jess	8	147	Oct 16^th, 2009 at 11:04am By: Just_Daniel
Ballade Ballade A Ballade consists of three stanzas, each of eight or ten iambic pentameter lines, along with a brief envoi. All three stanzas and the envoi ending in the same one-line refrain — The envoi is a closing stanza dedicating the poem t... Started Aug 5^th, 2003 at 1:14am by alien	1	57	Jul 28^th, 2009 at 7:47am By: Just_Daniel
Blank Verse ~ FOM Sep 09 Blank Verse *Blank verse* is composed traditionally of unrhymed iambic pentameter... although many today argue that it may be of any metrical pattern and number of feet per line, though the iamb is predominant.<br /... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:35pm by Jess	10	224	Sep 25^th, 2009 at 3:08pm By: Just_Daniel
Brevettes A brevetted is a 3 line, 3 word poem with the middle line spaced out. Here is an example Peace b r I n g s harmony. ~Davidf Started May 26^th, 2014 at 12:52am by davidf	0	36	May 26^th, 2014 at 12:52am By: davidf
Byr a Thoddaid Byr a Thoddaid *Byr a Thoddaid* is a Welsh syllabic quatrain form consisting of 2 couplets, either of which can appear as the first couplet of the stanza. One couplet is two 8-syllable lines that r... Started Jul 29^th, 2009 at 4:19pm by Just_Daniel	2	29	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:27pm By: Jess
Cacophony and Euphony Cacophony and Euphony Cacophony or euphony may be used to describe short poems that utilze either or both of these two writing devices. The main contribution to poetry of these two principles, however, is in... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:38pm by Jess	0	12	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:38pm By: Jess
Canzone Canzone This is an extremely intricate form of poetry that derives its origins from the troubadour and Italian traditions. What is interesting to know about the canzone is that it may be the orig... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:28pm by Jess	0	20	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:28pm By: Jess
Cento - Now has an Example with a modification (from Norm) Cento Cento comes from the Latin word for 'patchwork;' thus a cento is a literary patchwork from the works of several authors. A poetic cento, then, is a poem consisting solely of lines from the works of other po... Started Jan 13^th, 2009 at 6:22pm by Just_Daniel	9	197	Jan 6^th, 2018 at 1:25pm By: Just_Daniel
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	41	Feb 26^th, 2007 at 9:46pm By: Just_Daniel
Cinquain ~ FOM June 07 Cinquain -- I have heard this pronounced as (SinQwian) or (SingKane) This form is derived from the Japanese haiku. Sometimes described as The American Haiku, the American Cinquain was develope... Started Aug 2^nd, 2003 at 4:18pm by YaBB-Developer « Pages 1 2 »	28	127	Oct 9^th, 2012 at 2:09am By: davidf
Clerihew The *Clerihew* was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. He was a teenager at the time and the poems were meant to be funny and short. [i]They are four lines long and have an aabb r... Here is mine: Clerihews: My Very Last Clerihew My skill with La Started Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 11:29pm by Normpo	8	154	Apr 1^st, 2008 at 3:31pm By: Just_Daniel
Clogyrnach Clogyrnach: (clog-ir-nach): *Clogyrnach* is an old Welsh poetic form of 32 syllables. It's usually has a six line stanza with this rhyme scheme: A-A-B-B-B-A. The first two lines are 8 syllables, the ... Started Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 11:23pm by Normpo	0	46	Feb 24^th, 2004 at 1:23am By: Normpo
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
Cyhydedd hir Cyhydedd hir *Cyhydedd hir* (cuh-hee-dedd heer) is another Welsh form, consisting of an eight line stanza formed of two quatrains. Each quatrain has three lines of five syllables that carry the sa... Started Jan 19^th, 2005 at 12:04pm by Normpo	1	62	Mar 26^th, 2004 at 5:08pm By: Normpo
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
Cywydd Llogyrnog Cywydd Llogyrnog Cywydd Llogyrnog is a 6-line Welsh form consisting of an 8-syllable rhymed couplet followed by a 7-syllable line cross-rhymed with the couplet in the middle and rhymes with the 6^th line of t... Started Jul 28^th, 2009 at 4:06pm by Just_Daniel	0	29	Jul 28^th, 2009 at 4:06pm 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
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
Epitaphs Epitaphs These little ditties predate recorded history, which always seemed a little odd to me. It is amazing how linguists can reconstruct traditions that were seldom or never written down...any... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:33pm by Jess	1	48	Jul 24^th, 2004 at 4:45pm By: Pen
Ethere *Ethere* [\|i]eh-thuh-ray[/i]] consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Ethere may also be reversed (inverted) and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. When writing multiple stanzas, the pa... Started Aug 20^th, 2007 at 6:26pm by Just_Daniel « Pages 1 2 »	18	43	Dec 25^th, 2007 at 10:15pm By: davidf
faux-ku ~ FOM May 08 *faux-ku* *faux-ku* is my own ‘invention’ (The expression ‘faux-ku’ is not my own, but I utilize to indicate a specific form) to stretch the parameters of haiku/senryu to add the possibility of some serious humor. Thus the form m... Started Sep 15^th, 2003 at 1:52pm by Just_Daniel « Pages 1 2 »	22	333	Dec 17^th, 2008 at 9:06pm By: Just_Daniel

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