Entwined

Entwined Form      
This is a form invented by Mary Lou Healy, aka Mlou on Allpoetry.com
The form consists of three or more trimeter quintets, usually in Iambic where the 3rd line of each stanza rhymes with the first line of the following stanza, until the final stanza which rhymes with the first line of the poem.
           
Rhyme pattern: abcba cdedc efafe  

Example Poem

Growth in Scansion

If I can ever learn
well then I'll try to teach.
But just today I find
my wants exceed my reach,
and yet for more I yearn.

Old knowledge falls behind,
but learning it was key
for now I understand
those things I could not see-
no syllables defined.

The first two stanzas scan
as iambs every one.
an ananapest is wide.
It looks not right when done
in syllables, here man.

Trimeter's satisfied.
Shoes don't swap but feet do.
For syllables dactyls have three
and iambs have but two.
Three feet per line I've tried.

A template let's you see
and can be used intact,
learning feet lets you spurn
just counting, that's a fact-
a skill eluding me.

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MLou Quintet

This form was invented by Mary Lou Healy, aka, MLou at Allpoetry
Each Stanza has the following form:
Line 1, 5 feet;
Line 2, 3 feet;
Line 3, 4 feet;
Line 4, 3 feet;
Line 5, 4 feet.

As many quintet stanzas as preferred,
rhyme scheme: ababa  cdcdc  efefe  ghghg  etc.


Example Poem

My Wife

While I sat pondering, "What shall I write?"
my thoughts turned to my wife.
Of course she is my warmth at night-
adds color to my life,
but still those claims seem much too trite.

Her common sense exceeds one's proper share.
No problem she has faced
has gone unsolved; now that is rare.
She finds what I've misplaced
and tends to all with loving care.

She thinks that even at my age I'm fine,
and though I don't agree
(I think my faults are still benign)
she does put up with me
and populates my life's design.

© Lawrencealot - September 24, 2012


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Quadrilou

This is a form invented by Mary Lou Healy, aka Mlou on Allpoetry
The form consists of two octets
with rhyme pattern abcdabcd abcdabcd
meter Iambic
Each Octet consists of two Quatrains, where
Line 1 is tetrameter
Line 2 Dimeter
Line 3 Trimeter
Line 4 Dimeter

Example Poem

Let's write a Quadrilou today.
It's really fun.
A tetrameter line
will start each verse.
That's where you have the most to say,
you're quickly done
because of form's design
which is quite terse.

Just four syllables are in play
in any one
of even lines; resign
yourself, don't curse.
Yet every line can grow one way-
a rhyme end-run,
use feminine  end-rhyme
that's  not adverse.


© Lawrencealot - October 29, 2012

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