This is a poetry form created by Allen R. Emery, aka Joe King on Allpoetry.com.
I call this form paulo comitatu, "Little Train". It is like an engine then three other cars.
Line 1 of each verse in Iambic Tetrameter
Lines 2-4 are Iambic trimeter.
The trimeter lines share mono-rhyme.
Stanza patters are you choice, the template shows three possibles:
x, a, a, a.
x, b, b, b.
or
a, b, b, b
a, c, c, c
d, e, e, e
d, f, f, f
Etc
a, b, b, b,
a b, b, b,
c, d, d, d,
c, d, d, d.
Poem Example
Sketch a Man
A man wants many things in life.
He wants security,
he needs identity,
and wants fidelity.
He wants not just a faithful wife,
but certainty from all,
in matters large and small
when friends and family call.
One having such, can actualize
and act not just for him,
but laugh and joke on whim,
and smile when hopes are dim.
Foremost it comes as no surprise
her touch, her talk, her care
the ideas that they share
will take man anywhere.
© Lawrencealot - December 27, 2012
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