Pendrangle

Pendrangle  is a from created by Penelope Allen aka  PenAllen on Allpoetry

Stanzaic: Two or more of quatrain couplet pairs

Refrain:  The couplet is a refrain repeated throughout

Isosyllabic:  Hexameter (12 syllable lines)

Rhymed-   mono-rhyme throughout: aaaa BB cccc BB…

Example Poem

Objects of Art     (Pendrangle)

I'm fortunate residing in this time and place

for daily, if I wish I can watch horses race

across the plain or stand and graze with calming grace.

They've never pulled a load nor had to wear a trace.

Ascendancy of man remarkable, of course

was aided by domestication of the horse.

The spirit of the horse is recognized in art

in each and every age in which he's played apart.

They've pulled our carriage our cannon and our cart.

They've captured man's repect, and many young boy's heart.

Ascendancy of man remarkable, of course

was aided by domestication of the horse.

In Nevada, they are allowed now to roam

protected in some areas once their natural home

where grasses, junipers, and sage have always grown.

And though they're dancing free we feel that they're our own.

Ascendancy of man remarkable, of course

was aided by domestication of the horse.

The V&T railroad now crosses their terrain

with stops to watch their beauty up above the plain.

They're one delight of many, one sees from the train.

The horses drew me there, and I'  go back again.

Ascendancy of man remarkable, of course

was aided by domestication of the horse.

© Lawrencealot - January 1, 2014

 Visual Template

Imaginaerium

Invented by  Caroline Ann Gordon      
To pen this form, you must use the following:        
 * Rhyme done in:        
  abcaba deed ff        
* 12 syllables per line        
* Written as follows: Sestet/ Quatrain/Couplet        
* Sestet is written followed by your Quatrain, this stanza is begun with a Volta.          
* A Volta, which in Italian means "turn".          
The turn of thought is one in a Sonnet that is often indicated by such words as: "But", "and", and "yet."          
This form is Copyrighted © 2012 Caroline Ann Gordon.        
If you pen in this form, please mention where you learned the style from.          


Example Poem

Deferred Treasure

I wandered through the deserts high and slept in caves
while searching for the Montezuma's gold that lies
in Utah hills. The Aztec fortune deemed so great
that it cannot be computed. Brought here by slaves
or Montezuma's minions, several tons of prize.
Only one man survived the rest were put in graves.
       
Yet, years of toil and searching yielded only grief.
The map the old guy claimed good but not exact
Has led me here and many possibles I've tracked.
I miss my love, I'm through with greed. Time's been a thief.
       
I'm still an able man, I'll work.  The tide has turned.
My treasure is the girl who waits.  That I have learned.

© Lawrencealot - April 7, 2012



Visual Template

Rispetto

The Rispetto is:

a poem in an octave, made up of 2 quatrains.

most often written in iambic tetrameter 

or it can be syllabic with lines between 8 and 12 syllables.

rhymed ababccdd or abababcc or abab cddc

The Heroic Rispetto is:

a poem in an octave made up of 2 quatrains.

always written in iambic pentameter.

rhymed ababccdd or abababcc or abab cddc

It appears that either may be separate quatrains or 

a single octave as the poet prefers.

Example Poem

Heroic Rispetto by Lawrecealot

Rispetto is an old Italian form.

It's English use has been neglected here.

It's not in books that are the writers' norm.

But searching yielded samples quite unclear.

What once was standard tetrameter changed.

It now can stretch to hexameter, dear.

If you have penned two stanza poems arranged

in quatrains your Rispetto may be here.

(c) Lawrencealot - April 16, 2012

Visual Template