Octain

• The Octain is an invented verse form begins and ends the poem with the same word. It was created by Lillian Mathilda Svenson.
  
  The defining features of the Octain are:
• an octastich, a poem in 8 lines.
• syllabic, 2-4-6-8-8-6-4-3 syllables per line. Not a typo, the last line takes 3 syllables but the last word must be the same as the first.
• rhymed or unrhymed. If it is rhymed the rhyme scheme is AbcdbcdA.

Pasted from http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1882#baccresiez

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

My Example

Octawhat?     (Octain)

Confused?

A multi-form

with rhyming or without,

was named "Octain", ain't that a bitch?

If naming your dog, Dog's the norm

then I won't kick about

an octastitch

though confused.

© Lawrencalot - April 3, 2014

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