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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Duodora

  • Duodora is a quatorzain that doesn't claim to be a sonnet. Written in 2 septets, L1 of the first septet is repeated as L1 of the 2nd septet. The form was created by Dora Tompkins who was an editor of the Nutmegger, a poetry magazine published in Connecticut.

    The Duodora is:
    • quatorzain made up of 2 septets.
    • syllabic, 4-6-5-5-5-10-10 / 4-6-5-5-5-10-10 syllables per line.
    • rhymed Axxxxxb Axxxxxb L1 is repeated as a refrain that begins the 2nd stanza. x is unrhymed.


My Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the wonderful resource at PMO

My example poem

The Sailor and the Rose - 1980        (Duodora)

A round platform
occupied the center
of two acres of
polished hard wood floor.
As a young sailor
from a small town, I was already awed
by the hundreds of couples I suppose.

A round platform
became a stage for a
volunteer to sing
one song with the band.
I was never close
enough to see her. But we stopped dancing
and some (like me) cried as she sang "The Rose."

© Lawrencealot - March 22, 2014


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