The Emmett style is a fiendish five line form related to
the acrostic styles.
Form Type:
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Metrical
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Origins:
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English
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Creator:
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Dorothy
Hester
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Number of Lines:
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|
Rhyme Scheme:
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a,b,b,a,b
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Meter:
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N/A
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Rules
The Emmett
has 2 rules:
1.The
first line of the Emmett is five WORDS long. Each word of the first line
becomes the first word of the following lines. So the second word in line one
becomes the first word of line two, the third word becomes the first word of
line three, etc.
2. To make things a little more complex the Emmett has
a rhyme scheme of a,b,b,a,b.
Example
I have
wondered about this
Have
pondered too
Wondered
if you were true
About the
first kiss
This nerve
wracking thing to do
Copyright Dorothy Hester 2012
Notes
The Emmett was created by Dorothy Hester in May 2012 and
was named after her maternal family name. The first example was posted on The
Poetry Forum on the 2nd of May 2012
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