Curtal Long Hymnal Stanza

Curtal Long Hymnal Stanza

Type:	Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic
Description:	A stanzaic form composed of three lines of iambic tetrameter and one of iambic dimeter rhymed abab.
Schematic:	xX xX xX xA xX xX xX xB xX xX xX xA xX xB

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My Example Poem

My All   (Curtal Long Hymnal Stanza)

I must now be

in total thrall;

demand from me

my all.

I'll give no less,

for when inspired

I know my best's

required.

And if I fail

the lack's my own.

I'll guzzle ale

alone.

© Lawrencealot - April 30, 2014

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Wounded Couplet

This is a form invented by Lillibet, aka Streambed on Allpoetry.

This form contains within its rhyming pattern, two couplets, one of which seems wounded, and is wrapped by four other lines, hence some rationale for its name.

It is stanzaic, consisting of any number of octains.

It is syllabic 10/10/6/10/10/10/10/10

It is metric, using iambic meter.

It is rhymed, the pattern being: abccbadd

Example Poem

Elixir     (Wounded Couplet)

My lover went a wandering I think

for he believes that magic will restore

his potency and verve.

He wants to play around is all.  What nerve!

He claims he's seeking mermaids by the shore

to find for him an elixir to drink.

Which beats testosterone in every way

whenever fortitude comes into play.

The tavern called the "Wharf" is near the beach

and frequently young barmaids catch his eye

(which seldom scans the shore.)

Perhaps it's just the scanty clothes they wore.

I guess he'll look for fairies by and by.

The man's intent let's try not to impeach.

If elixir's at home in foaming glass

he'll need a test, and's sure to make a pass.

I figured then that two could play that game

so put on fairy costume with a mask

and strode into the bar.

The men's reactions  bordered on bizarre.

I had five drinks and didn't have to ask,

But all their pick-up lines were truly lame.

When sitting, my costume revealed my thighs,

which seemed to be a magnet for the guys.

My lover was among the gazing flock,

He leered at me with barely hidden lust.

His fairy had appeared.

The absence of a potion was not feared,

as his eyes roamed from ankles up to bust.

His codpiece was enlarged, and not with socks.

The elixir was visual nothing more.

Adventure comes to men when they explore.

I saw some girls were equally entranced

with fairy wings and panty showing skirt,

and thus I tweaked my plan

and this is how my fairy tale began.

I planned and schemed and still had time to flirt

and with each wink I found my plan enhanced.

With stealth each girl departed then came back

prepared to mount our fairy tale attack.

Each girl returned in fairy tale attire

and each in turn gave their farewell that night

then walked out to the sea.

We danced and splashed and shared a fine esprit

and spoke of fairy kings and mortal's plight

and all the fantasy the men require.

My lover saw his fairies on the beach

but all of us were well beyond his reach.

When I got home light hues announced the dawn.

my drunken lover was unconscious yet.

He needed all his sleep.

As planned, his dreams were bothersome and deep.

He woke and pulled me close and said, "Annette,

It frightened me when last night you were gone.

It gave me pause and gave me cause to grieve.

I'll not again go chasing make believe."

© Lawrencealot - April 14, 2014

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EPJohnson Quintet

This is a form I simply documented, attributing it to

Emily Pauline Johnson, because in the four hundred twenty plus

forms I have documented, I've never come across a quintet with

This rhyme pattern.  I used the first stanza of her poem "The Lost Lagoon" as the template for the metric schema.

The form is stanzaic, consisting of two or more quintets.

It is of Canadian origin.

The rhyme scheme is A1bbbA2 A1cccA2...etc.

 (Indicating that the ending words of L1 and L5 are repeated in each stanza.)

It is syllabic, 8/9/9/9/8

The short lines are anapest, anapest, iamb

da da DUM da da DUM da DUM

With the  middle three lines being iamb,iamb,anapest,iamb

da DUM da DUM da da DUM da DUM

My example poem:

Surviving    

When a brother is left behind

it's seldom thought that his time was due.

No battle raged, and the sky was blue,

the day that Tim told us he was through.

"I've no more strength that I can find."

We would not leave our friend behind.

he talked about his sweet wife, his mom,

his father's farm, his young brother Tom

his faith in God, which so helped becalm

him all things good that he could find.

When we found those we'd left behind

to greet with loving so very warm

and praises we had escaped from harm--

we traveled next to Tim's father's farm

for in our hearts still Tim we find.

© Lawrencealot - February 19, 2014

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Minute

he Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict

iambic meter.  The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4;  8,4,4,4;  8,4,4,4 syllables. 

The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff

The Minute Poem is a 60 syllable verse form, one syllable for each second in a minute. The theme should be an event that is over and done completely, as in a minute. Since the dominant line is short the effect is likely humorous, whimsical or semi-serious. It was created by Verna Lee Hinegardner, once poet laureate of Arkansas.

Example Poem

Wrong Room

My thought,  my dear,  was that tonight

I'd do it right.

No more wham bam,

Then kiss and scram.

I slid real close, and  loved the fit,

hand on your tit.

It was a dream

until the scream.

Your mom  fled from the rented room.

Impending doom.

I'd be in it

In a minute.

(c) Lawrencealot - February 9, 2012

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Swinburne Octain

This is a refrain poem, the form was one of many un-named forms invented by

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909).

I  have interpreted the specifications from looking at the work of one of Swinburne's most dedicated students, AP's own Eusebius.

There are at least TWO significant versions of an octain he created.  This first, presented here is  written in iambi meter, the second  written in trochaic.  The is the first:

Rhyming pattern: ABccabAB, where the capital letter indicate verbatim repetition of a line.

The "b" rhymes are all iambic trimeter,  all other lines  are feminine rhymes utilizing footless (or catalectic) iambic tetrameter.

The first stanza, is repeated as the final stanza of the poem, thus it seems sensible that the minimum poem length should be at least four stanzas.

The Trochaic version is written with the

Rhyming pattern: ababcccb

Syllabic: 9/8/9/8/9/9/9/8

The accent is as two trochee feet, an amphibrach and a trochee with all "b" rhymes being catalectic.

Example Poem

The Tart     (Swinburne Octain)

This tart so thin, bewitching, 

with beauty, fay and pale. 

Her tattoos all parading, 

Her ebon curls cascading, 

until I am just itching 

to see her all in Braille. 

This tart so thin, bewitching, 

with beauty, fay and pale. 

She seems an apparition 

both siren myth and tramp, 

who sells her pleasures cheaply 

to those who want her deeply. 

I feel I must audition 

to win time with this vamp. 

She seems an apparition 

both siren myth and tramp, 

Her long smooth legs inviting 

all who may simply glance. 

Though men might once demean her 

they'll dare not come between her 

and one she is inviting. 

Each man would like his chance. 

Her long smooth legs inviting 

all who may simply glance. 

To me she whispered lightly,

"I'll show you realms of love." 

Her word were most insightful 

Her movements were delightful 

I longed to have her nightly 

beneath the moon above. 

To me she whispered lightly,

"I'll show you realms of love." 

This tart so thin, bewitching, 

with beauty, fay and pale. 

Her tattoos all parading, 

Her ebon curls cascading, 

until I am just itching 

to see her all in Braille. 

This tart so thin, bewitching, 

with beauty, fay and pale. 

© Lawrencealot - June 17, 2013

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15-10 Alternating

A poem where 15 syllable stanzas which begin with an anapest foot and having couplet rhyme

alternate with 10 syllable iambic stanzas with cross rhyme.

Rhyme Pattern: aabb cdcd

I first saw this used by Jeff Green but have no ideas if is already a name form/

Example Poem

Constitutional Deficiency

A democracy cannot endure when gimme people learn

that they can persuade their reps to confiscate what others earn.

This was first proclaimed by Tytler, then Alexis de Tocqueville

The right to direct one's earnings is in fact what makes one free.

My liberal friends think as I once did,

that government should cure whatever's wrong.

I recognized my error as a kid.

Someone must pay the piper for his song.

We've had only one elected man at top who truly tried

to impede the juggernaught we've wrought but could not hold the tide.

To defend our nation, use its strength to minimize abuse

are enough, but power wants more growth and leaps to find excuse.

The Tytle Cycle must run its full course.

Our try died not from faulty prior design.

We'll work for masters like the noble horse.

The blame my friends is really yours and mine.

© Lawrencealot - Feb. 7, 2013

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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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Redondilla

NOTE:I have included the definition from two different sources here.  The first specifies the minimum number of quatrains, the 2nd does not.

The 2nd requires that the meter be TROCHAIC, the first is indifferent.

Well, boys and girls - indifferent wins.  I spent some time on 5 different sites and found NOT ONE trochaic poem in English, and several that did not have FOUR STANZAS.

This is simply a poem consisting of four quatrains in tetrameter, preferably iambic  or trochaic.  The rhyme scheme can be aabb, abab, or abcb.  (Although some sources will advise otherwise, syllable count is secondary to rhythmic flow.) Most descriptions do not mention meter.  I have found in the English language most use Iambic and any rhyme scheme, even mixing them.  (An insult, in my way of thinking.)

redondilla, a Spanish stanza form consisting of four trochaic lines, 

usually of eight syllables each, with a rhyme scheme of abba. 

Quatrains in this form with a rhyme scheme of abab, 

sometimes also called redondillas, are more commonly known as serventesios. 

Redondillas have been common in Castilian poetry since the 16th century. 

The word is derived from the Spanish redondo, meaning “round.”

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494744/redondilla

Example Poem

Tropical Storm (A Redondilla or a Serventesio )

Surging currents falling rain 

cloudy grey and gasping sky. 

Seabirds leaving, wonder why. 

Season of the hurricane. 

Board your windows stock your shelves 

Candles, girlfriend, water, food, 

Stranded people making feel good. 

Living, loving, by ourselves. 

"Mom and pop are coming too??"

"Having to evacuate!" 

"Gosh and gee that's really great."

"Your folks too? Least we could do. "

Moms crochet by candle light, 

dads play cards and guzzle beer. 

You and I with bed in here 

writing poems day and night. 

  (c) Lawrencealot - July 24, 2012

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Trilonnet

Created by Shelley A. Cephas
A 14-line poem made up of four three-line verses and one rhyming couplet.
Meter: iambic tetrameter or iambic pentameter.
 Each 3 line verse is an unrhymed triplet, but there is rhyming between the stanzas..
2 rhyme schemes: abc abc abc abc dd  or abc cba abc cba dd

Example Poem

Little Brick Library

When I was young,  and that means wee,
My nearby library did astound.
I started stopping every day.

I'd roam the shelves from about  three
'til five o'clock or 'til I'd found
one book I could not put away.

It was wonderful they were free;
the best resource that I had found
and books had so darn much to say.

This was long 'fore girls intrigued me.
The building was a good friend found,
where I'd rather hang-out than play.

Those short years opened wide the door.
to much I still plan to explore.

(c) Lawrencealot - May 4, 2012

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Whyquain

A form invented on AllPoetry.com by Gloria Kim, aka Porphery. 

It is a single verse of five iambic tetrameter lines in monorhyme

which answers some asked or un-asked question.

Example Poem:

Why Do Cats Purr

While dogs can bark and growl and grrrr

and guard, and stealthy thieves deter,

which earned their place with men for sure,

The cats had only pretty fur,

so asked if God would add a purr.

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