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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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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
Footle Invented by Brian Stand, a footle is a 2 line form, that is one stressed and one un-stressed syllable in monorhyme. (they are supposed to be witty, but some of them of a darker nature) Here are ... Started Jul 7^th, 2013 at 1:21pm by davidf	0	30	Jul 7^th, 2013 at 1:21pm By: davidf
Paraprosdokian Poem Paraprosdokian Poem Paraprosdokian specifically refers to a figure of speech -- a surprise ending. That being the case, the sole requirement of a [i][b]paraprosdokian...[/u]. The device can be melded into any style or typ Started Jul 29^th, 2009 at 4:13pm by Just_Daniel	0	30	Jul 29^th, 2009 at 4:13pm By: Just_Daniel
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
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	54	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
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	13	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	14	Oct 22^nd, 2006 at 7:25pm By: Normpo
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	47	Feb 24^th, 2004 at 1:23am By: Normpo
Rannaicheacht Ghairid Rannaicheacht Ghairid (ron-a'yach cha'r-rid): *Rannaicheacht Ghairid* is another one of those Irish/Welsh poetic forms that are such fun to write. Each stanza is a quatrain in which the first line ... Started Feb 23^rd, 2004 at 11:19pm by Normpo	0	37	Feb 24^th, 2004 at 1:19am By: Normpo
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	13	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:38pm By: Jess
Imagist Poem Imagist Poem Imagism is a term first used by Ezra Pound, although the style it describes is much older. At its most fundamental level imagism represents an image and lets that image carry the whole poe... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:35pm by Jess	0	12	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:35pm By: Jess
Georgic Poems Georgic Poems Georgic poems are much older than the saint they have been named after. They predate the Greeks and may have found their roots in the first formal scholastic schools. The Georgic po... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:32pm by Jess	0	22	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:32pm By: Jess
Prose Poetry Prose Poetry Prose poetry is hard to distinguish from short articles or vignettes. There is no single definition of a prose poem; nor is there a solid boarder between prose poetry and simple pros... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:32pm by Jess	0	30	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:32pm 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
Royal Rhyme Royal Rhyme This poetic form is attributed to King James I of Scotland. It has alternately been called the Chaucerian stanza. It is not commonly seen in this day in age, but it was extremely tren... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:26pm by Jess	0	19	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:26pm By: Jess
Ottava Rima Ottava Rima This is an interesting style that was developed in Italy. Luigi Pulci would be an excellent place to start if you have an interest in Italian verse. The style made its way into the En... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:24pm by Jess	0	17	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:24pm By: Jess
Heroic Couplet Heroic Couplet Most people are familiar with the heroic couplet as it appears in other styles of poetry...at the end of some sonnets for example. The heroic couplet is one of the most widely empl... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:23pm by Jess	0	20	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:23pm By: Jess
Sapphic Verse Sapphics This is a tough one, because it originated in Greece and English is much harder to fit into the sapphic mold. Sappho developed the poetic style between the 7th and 6th centuries BC (a po... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:22pm by Jess	0	8	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:22pm By: Jess
Hudibrastic Hudibrastic The odd name for this style of poetry is named after the first poem to utilize this unique form: "Hudibras" by Samuel Butler. Most people who choose to attempt the style follow the sa... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:22pm by Jess	0	24	Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 9:22pm By: Jess
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
Rubaʿi Rubaʿi is a poetic form of four lines of ten syllables It is rhymed aaba. Also known as the Omar Khayyam quatrain or Rubaiyat Stanza. I am posting two examples here: One quatrain from t... Started Jan 12^th, 2018 at 12:25am by Normpo	1	49	Jun 8^th, 2018 at 4:12pm By: Just_Daniel
Odes Odes Odes are easy. They date back to the ancient Greeks, and a poet named Pindar, who lived from 522-442 bc. His subject matter revolved around the great heroes and games that were common in tha... Started Nov 23^rd, 2003 at 7:19pm by Jess	1	44	Jul 7^th, 2013 at 1:01pm By: davidf
Terzanelle A *terzanelle* is a 19-line poem of five triplets (3-line stanza) and a concluding quatrain (4-line stanza). It incorporates aspects both of a terza rima and a villanelle; the middle line of each tripl... Started Mar 16^th, 2013 at 8:41pm by Just_Daniel	1	34	Apr 16^th, 2013 at 10:39pm By: davidf

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