* Your title must be 8 syllables in length
* 3
sestets (6 lines)
* 1
ending line
* 19
lines in all
* With
the following syllable pattern: stanza 1 868868 stanza 2 and 3 are 868864
* Last
line is 8 syllables in italics.
You may
utilize iambic trimeter and iambic tetrameter if you so wish.
* Your
rhyme per sestet is as follows:
Stanza
1: abbabc
Stanza
2: bbcddA
Stanza
3: deedeA
Final
Line: e (Italicized)
* The A
represents a refrain being utilized at the end of stanzas 2 and 3.
Your
refrain is a shorter version of you first line in stanza 1.
* Also,
each line can have internal rhyme this is optional,
and if
you want to incorporate internal rhyme you don't have to have
it on
each line if you don't want to.
MUST
have end line rhyme per line, except your refrain.
* Stanza
1 is the original on its own
* Stanza
2 begins your interlocke, locking b with stanza 1
* Stanza
3 interlockes by locking in d with stanza 2
*Your last line is a 8 syllable one in italics using e
rhyme pattern.
So, in
essence your last sestet could be like this deedfA e.
*If you
need to utilize fillers, that is your choice, I use them sparingly.
The
Interlocke form is Copyrighted © April 2012 by Caroline A Gordon.
Example Poem
Let's Write an
Interlocke Form
On this
line, next; Here's a refrain.
To end
stanzas two and three.
Where I
placed "three" is fine you see
for
common rhymes have much to gain.
That
first "b" rhyme will see
five
times it rhymes before we end.
You may
choose rhyme in side. You're free
To use
end-rhyme only.
And use
a set meter, my friend,
or not,
a gain. You're free to choose.
This
form requires no booze.
Here's a
refrain.
The next
line rhymes much. You can't lose.
Remember
closing line.
This is
Interlocke-- note entwine.
Do it
well and you shall bemuse.
With
discipline divine.
Here's a
refrain.
Another form we do define.
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