Octameter,
created by Shelley A. Cephas,
is
a poem made up of 16 lines
divided
into two stanzas of 8 lines each.
Each
line has a syllable count of 5.
The
set rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/d/e/d/f/d g/h/c/g/i/g/d/d.
I
found this form defined on Shadow Poetry.
Of
all the poetry forms I have studied none has been affixed with a more
misleading and potentially confusing name.
Example
Poem
T-aint
Octameter (Octameter)
Most mis-named form
seen--
the Octameter.
That's a standard
line
length measured in
feet.
I ambs, trochees,
such
which decide the
beat.
Confusing girth with
length was not too
neat.
It's an octastitch.
Can't quarrel at
all.
If this form were
mine
There'd be a name
switch.
Say.. an octapent;
gone the need to
bitch.
Current name is
scat,
Cephas should fix
that.
© Februrary 5, 2013
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