Violette

• The Violette is a stanzaic form with a rhyme scheme similar to the Zéjel without the mundanza, introduced by Viola Gardner. Line 4 carries a linking rhyme from stanza to stanza.

The Violette is:
○ stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains.
○ syllabic, 6-6-6-4 syllables per line.
○ rhymed, feminine rhyme used aaab cccb dddb etc b is a linking rhyme from stanza to stanza.



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My example poem

Fairy Trails     (Violette)

I followed her that day
to where the fairies play,
I thought 'twould be okay.
She ran from me.

I touched her; thought I'd earned
that for which I'd so yearned
but with that touch I turned
into a tree.

As seasons' colors changed
with words and thoughts exchanged
the fairy maid arranged
to set me free.

With nothing more to lose,
each year she brings me clues
and monthly she will choose
to sit with me.

© Lawrencealot - April 7, 2014

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For-Get-Me-Not

• For-Get-Me-Not is a tiny verse originated by Viola Gardner.
  
  The For-Get-Me-Not  is:
• a small poem, a complete couplet.
• syllabic, 4 syllable lines.
• rhymed.
• titled.
  May by jvg
  A daisy day
  will lead the way.

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My Example Poem

Ahhh!

If you want brief -

Here's your relief.

Amaranth

Amaranth is an invented verse form that was probably created as a teaching tool by Viola Gardner. It makes deliberate use of the 9 most common metric feet. Each line is one metric foot, the pattern changing from line to line. 

The Amaranth is:

• 9 line strophe. It is a stand alone poem.
• metric, the 9 most common metric feet are used in sequence.
  L1 Spondee SS
  L2 Iamb uS
  L3 Pyrrhic uu
  L4 Dactyl Suu
  L5 Trochee Su
  L6 Amphimacer SuS
  L7 Choriamb SuuS
  L8 Anapest uuS
  L9 Amphibrach uSu
• rhymed at the discretion of the poet, although the metric restrictions are probably enough to contend with in this verse form.
  
  On the Cross by Judi Van Gorder
  
  Behold!
  I am
  without
  sinfulness.
  Blameless,
  innocent
  guileless, bereft
  pleasing God
  forever.

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My Example Poem

Psychiatry     (Amaranth)

Wisecracks

are made

in the

analyst's

office

shedding light,

clearing the way

for a true

discourse.

© Lawrencealot - November 27, 2013

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