Rispetto

The Rispetto is:

a poem in an octave, made up of 2 quatrains.

most often written in iambic tetrameter 

or it can be syllabic with lines between 8 and 12 syllables.

rhymed ababccdd or abababcc or abab cddc

The Heroic Rispetto is:

a poem in an octave made up of 2 quatrains.

always written in iambic pentameter.

rhymed ababccdd or abababcc or abab cddc

It appears that either may be separate quatrains or 

a single octave as the poet prefers.

Example Poem

Heroic Rispetto by Lawrecealot

Rispetto is an old Italian form.

It's English use has been neglected here.

It's not in books that are the writers' norm.

But searching yielded samples quite unclear.

What once was standard tetrameter changed.

It now can stretch to hexameter, dear.

If you have penned two stanza poems arranged

in quatrains your Rispetto may be here.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 16, 2012

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