Cro Cumaisc Etir Casbairdni Ocus Lethrannaigecht

Cro Cumaisc Etir Casbairdni Ocus Lethrannaigecht

This is an Irish verse form. The name means "Sorry, the translator can't take your call at the moment". No, I'm kidding. I have no idea what it means, and not much idea how to pronounce it, though I expect there will be a few "v" sounds in there somewhere. I chose to tackle it because it had the longest name of any in Skelton's book.

The form calls for 4-line stanzas rhyming abab, with syllable counts of 7, 5, 7, 5. Being Irish, the lengths of the rhyming words are also specified, in this case as 3, 1, 3, 1. Note though that the 3's don't necessarily indicate triple rhymes; the requirement is simply that the rhyming words are three syllables long. The stress could be on any of the three syllables.

This example was provoked (I hesitate to say inspired) by the "MP's expenses" scandal/hysteria of 2009. It amounts to propaganda for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, a long-established and respected force in British politics. At the time of the 1983 general election, when party splits were fashionable, there was a rival group called the Green Chicken Alliance.

Pasted from <http://volecentral.co.uk/vf/ccecol.htm>

Thanks to Bob Newman for his wonderful Volecentral resource site

My Example Poem

Suave     (Cro Cumaisc Etir Casbairdni Ocus Lethrannaigecht)

The man was not a millionaire

but ladies sought him out

for he appeared most debonair

and kind without a doubt.

He was at all times affable

with handshake or a hug,

and the idea was laughable

to picture him as smug.

His notions all seemed prevalent

well thought out and germane,

considered and most relevant

and certainly urbane.

He has a style to emulate,

a model for my role.

I'll have a cause to celebrate

If I achieve that goal.

© Lawrencealot - April 10, 2014

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7/5 Trochee

The 7/5 Trochee, created by Andrea Dietrich, of 2 or more quatrain stanzas with the following set rules:

Meter:  Trochaic
Syllabic: 7/5/7/5

Rhyme Scheme: a/b/c/b  or  a/b/a/b

The meter is trochee, which means alternating stressed and

unstressed beats in each line, with each line beginning and

ending in a stressed syllable. This is a simple lyrical type

little poem, so rhymes will be basic, nothing fancy.

The poem itself should give a description of something of interest to the poet.

There is not a set number of these quatrain type stanzas, 

but a typical 7/5 Trochee would consist of two quatrains,

with the second stanza serving to tie up the idea presented in the first stanza.

Pasted from <http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/75trochee.html> 

Example Poem

Nap

Sleeping eight hours every night 

Seems to some devine. 

Choosing such is quite their right. 

Just don't make it mine. 

I will sleep that much or more. 

Taking smaller blocks. 

For in afternoon I snore 

Even wearing socks.

© Lawrencealot -  June 19, 2012

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