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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

English Ballet (bal-lett)


English Ballet (bal-lett)
stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains or quintains.
(The quatrains can be expanded to quintains by breaking L1 of each stanza into 2 lines at the end of the first phrase.)
Metered when quatrains, L1-L3 tetrameter, L4 dimeter.
 Rhymee Pattern: aaaB cccB dddB, etc.
Metered when quintains, L1, L2, and L5 dimeter, L3 & L4 tetrameter.
Rhyme Pattern: AbbbA AcccA AdddA, etc.


Description of form a copy & paste from PoetryMagnumOpus.com
http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=2247


Example Poem

Fall They Must (English Ballet - Quintains)

The snowflakes fall
so powder dry,
they seem but dust upon the sky
unseen 'til on the ground they lie
The snowflakes fall.

The snowflakes fall
in twisting flight
large enough to hold when they light
on mittens to view with delight.
The snowflakes fall.

The snowflakes fall
They're big and wet.
They taste good on my tongue, and yet
I'll hate to shovel them I'll bet.
The snowflakes fall.

   © Lawrencealot - December 23, 2012


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