Stave Stanza

A poem which is:

Stanzaic:    Having three or more sestet verses.

Isosyllabic:  Line length not specified but all of same length.

Metrical:      Usually iambic tetrameter.

Repetitive:   Having either one or two refrain repeated throughout.

Rhymed:      Scheme aabbcC ddeecC ffggcC...etc, or

                                 AabbaA AaccaA AaddaA..etc.

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Stave

Type:	Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Isosyllabic, Stanzaic
Description:	A short-lined (usually tetrameter or less) drinking song stanza form. A stricter definition has the stave as a six-line stanza of uniform line length composed of rhymed couplets with a refrain: aabbcC ddeecC ffggcC, etc. The strictest form has the refrain as both first and last line of the sestet, giving: AabbaA AaccaA AaddaA, etc.
Schematic:	aabbcC ddeecC ffggcC, etc. or AabbaA AaccaA AaddaA, etc. Where C or A are refrains repeated throughout.

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Thanks to Bob Newman, his is a wonderful resource.

Stave Stanza

Type: Stanzaic; rhyme; repetition; isosyllabic.

Description: A variation on using couplets to construct a sestet. The form consists of a refrain line which is the last line of each stanza, therefore the last couplet of each stanza also rhymes. Lines should be isosyllabic*.

Schematic: aabbcC ddeecC ffggcC etc

Stanza Length: 6 lines

Poem Length: 18 + lines

© Jem Farmer 2008, all rights reserved.

POSTED BY CERIDWEN AT TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2009  

LABELS: ISOSYLLABIC, POETIC FORMS: S, REPETITION,RHYME, STANZAIC, STAVE STANZA

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 Thanks to Jem Farmer.

 My Example Poem

Kandinsky Clothes       (Stave Stanza)

"I want to stroll and get some sun.

You're artistic, aren't you, my hon?

I haven't got a thing to wear.

You'll paint me something if you care."

Sure, I can do that heaven knows

you look just fine in painted clothes.

With sun-screen added to my oils,

I began my most earnest toils,

My mind had wander when you moaned,

thank Gawd your mother telephoned.

That kept the other subject closed.

you look just fine in painted clothes.

Most folks took little heed at all

as we both strolled across the mall.

One connoisseur observing it

exclaimed out loud, "That's one fine fit.

It's all just as I had supposed

you look just fine in painted clothes.

© Lawrencealot - July 15, 2013

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Wrapped Refrain Style 1

The Wrapped Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of 2 or more stanzas of 6 lines each; Meter:8,8,8,8,12,12 and Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c.

Refrain rule: In each stanza the first 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) in the first line must be the last 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) at the end of the last line. This is what wraps each stanza with a repeated refrain ...thus, the Wrapped Refrain.

Optional: The first stanza refrain and last stanza refrain can be joined (or loosely joined) together for the title of the poem.

Example #1:
Let’s Steal Away to Meet Again

Let’s steal away to some place cool,
     with rivulets that foam and pool
beneath a wooded, shady shore
     that frames the rocks with sycamore.
The afternoon has just begun; without delay,
let’s meet beneath the shaded sun...let’s steal away.

Let’s meet again where once we knew
     the buttercups with golden dew;
we scurried to our hidden spot
     where I recall forget-me-not.
And, we shall have the promised dreams that we did then,
as we revisit hideaways...let’s meet again.

Copyright © 2007 Jan Turner

Example #2:
A Chance Taken  (Wrapped Refrain)

Let's toss the dice while hormones rage.
although I'm bright I'm not a sage.
Escorting you I feel I've won
a treasure though we've just begun.
I've met your folks; they seem stable, loving, and nice.
That kind of template should suffice; let's toss the dice.

The dice were rolled and kids were born.
The raging cooled and you were torn
by boring days and nights alone.
I was at sea and could not phone.
Your searching started then; that's when the bells were tolled.
Though we parted since, I'm still glad the dice were rolled.

 © Lawrencealot - February 13, 2013


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Staccato

The Staccato, created by Jan Turner, consists of two or more 6-line stanzas.

Rhyme scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c

*Required internal rhyme scheme interplay between line #1 and line #2 (see below explanation and examples).

Meter:  10, 10, 8, 8, 10, 10

Repeats: This form requires a 2-syllable repeat in Lines #3 and #6 as specified below.

As in a musical notation, The Staccato poetry form uses

short repeats which are abruptly disconnected

elements. The repeat words are read as rapid-fire speech,

such as staccato music when played or sung.

This form lends itself to strong emotion or instruction

(i.e. military poems: “Charge on! Charge on!” etc.),

a declaration (such as of an event: “We’re married!

We’re married!” etc.), an instruction or emphasis of

human emotion (such as love, hate, longing: “Be mine!

Be mine!” etc.), strong observation (such as

“Those eyes! Those eyes!” etc.) or any similar

situation where a strong staccato repeat is desired.

The emphatic two-syllable repeat in this poetry form

is written twice, consecutively, at the beginning of

Line #3 (each repeat in Line #3 is followed by an exclamation mark),

 and once again at the beginning of Line #6

(with or without an exclamation mark in Line #6).

Also, Line #2 requires an internal rhyme scheme that rhymes

with a word within Line #1, usually falling on

the 6th syllable (see examples below), but can fall earlier

in those two lines as long as the internal rhyme

matches the syllabic stress in both lines .

Example Poem

Let's Write a Staccato

A staccato let's write, right here and now.

It's simple, really quite forward, here's how.

Notice! Notice! Internal rhyme

in lines one and two just in time

for a repeated exclamation, yet

notice third repeat may in quiet set.

That inversion my dear, was just for show

to make the rhyme quite clear of course you know.

I know! I know! Poor form to teach

Is most certainly a bad breach.

Since this poem with that err I fetter

I know you, my readers, can do better.

(c) Lawrencealot - September 11, 2012

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