RenRhyme

Invented by Renee Mathews Jackson aka Poetryality of Allpoetry

A "®RenRhyme"© 2006 rmj (Original Form)

Written in 8 or 10 syllable lines, consistently. Meaning do not mix eight with ten but write with either eight or ten syllable lines.

It consists of three, four-line (Quatrain) stanzas (12 lines)

Lines 1-4 in the opening stanza are the refrain lines

Line 1 is repeated as line 2 in the second stanza

Line 2 is repeated as line 2 in the third stanza

Line 3 is repeated as line 4 in the second stanza

Line 4 is repeated as line 4 in the third stanza

®RenRhyme (Rhyme Scheme):

A-B-a*-b*

c-A-c-*a*

d-B-d-b*

There is no meter requirement.

Example Poem

Write a Ren Rhyme

Poetryality built a new form.

A third of the poem's in stanza one.

You can use it to please, or to inform.

Just write that third and you'll be two-thirds done.

That eventuates because of refrain.

Poetryality built a new form.

You see, one stanza is used twice again.

You can use it to please or to inform.

Choose eight or ten syllables for line length.

A third of the poem's in stanza one.

Required repetition gives the verse strength.

Just write that third and you'll be two-thirds done.

© Lawrencealot - September 3, 2012

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