Chant Royal:http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/chantroyal.htm
A French
poetic form and variation of the ballad form,
it
consists of five (or three) 11-line stanzas
(there
are variations, and some sources allow 8-16 lines)
and an
envoi of 5 or 7 lines. The meter is not determined.
Each
line should be of the same length. The form uses a refrain
at the
end of each stanza and the end of the envoi. The rhyme scheme is
ababccddedE
with ccddedE or ddedE for the envoi.
The poet
may aim to avoid repeating a rhyme word throughout
the
poem's length. The form is traditionally used for
stately
or heroic subjects.
The
envoi traditionally addresses a "Prince".
Have
seen in both in Tetrameter and Pentameter so take your choice.
The
Template below shows the rhyme patter for stanzas and envoi.
Example
Poem
Foolish
Quests
My shyness
kept me pure for you; no code
of moral
deprivation. When we met
all in my
life was changed. The daily road
to college
took me to you. Fate I bet.
A pretty,
busty, car-hop with large smile
would always
hold us for a little while.
But you never
wore off, so every day
One meal was
there so you could bring my tray.
Amazement
grabbed my mind. It sure did seem
that you
looked forward to our verbal play.
In the past
the future was but a dream.
Our dates
were chaste but teasing, and did goad
us on to more
'til finally we did pet.
In your home,
fully clothed, myself you rode.
When your did
that I guess my fate was set.
Winsome ways,
compounded with gift worthwhile
propelled my
lust to love. I thought of guile,
I admit,
after asking right a way
for you to
be my bride. Could not display
that
doubt nor wait; the Navy called. That gleam
of lust would
roam unless bound in some way.
In the past
the future was but a dream.
We coupled
almost hourly the day I strode
away.
When my tour done, appetite whet,
our mutual
vigor and will did explode.
We simply
could not touch without onset
of sexual
thought. It worked we loved in style.
We never got
arrested. You made me smile
four times
with babies we both loved. How pray
could life
get better? A degree okay,
Now a career
unfolds in my life stream.
To learn my
skills work projects all held sway.
In the past
the future was but a dream.
Your intense
drive for sex, I met not while
I worked for
what I didn't need, in denial
that I was
hurting you. You found more play
with another
who put you first today
and not
tomorrow. You left. Now I seem
to
understand, too late to my dismay.
In the past
the future was but a dream.
©
Lawrencealot - May 5, 2012
Related forms: Ballade, Ballade Stanza, Ballade Supreme, Double Ballade, Canzone II, Chanso, Double Ballade Supreme, Double Refrain Ballade, Double Refrain Ballade Supreme, Grand Ballade or Chant Royal.
Example
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