Rionnaird
tri-nard (RUN-ard tree-nard), traditional Irish quatrain
form
with 6-syllable lines ending in 2-syllable words,
L2
and L4 riming and L3 in consonance thereto (meaning in this case,
I
gather, vowel-agreement rather than consonant-agreement,
having
at one time meant the same thing as assonance),
alliteration
in every line (ideally between the end-word and the
preceding
stressed word), two cross-rimes in the 2nd couplet,
and
the 1st stressed word of L2 alliterating with the last syllable of L1.
Being
Irish, it requires the dunedh, to end where it began
(first
word, phrase, or line repeated in closing).
Example Poem
Promise
Inviting just by
sight,
almost tinsel
trapping,
stilletoed toes
tripping,
in her sheer hose
wrapping.
She's surely
sensuous;
Suggests sex is
waiting,
waits while will is
wilting.
Still fates are
Inviting.
(c) Lawrencealot -
May 17, 2012
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