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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Double Swap Octet

This form was invented by D.D.Michaels writing at Allpoetry.com.

1. Begin with any octet with any rhyme scheme and meter. 
2. Break lines 1 and 4 into segments which can be broken in concert with that rhyme scheme.
3. Swap Line 1 to Line eight, after reversing those aforementioned sections
4. Swap Line 4 to Line seven in the same manner.

Example Poem

Written in iambic pentameter with rhyme scheme: ababcdcd

Let's Write a Double Swap Octet

A double swap octet let us now pen.

I built the first with one swap, not too bright.

So I am back right now to try again.

It helps if your instructor  gets it right.

Pen line four right after one, prevent yelps

from finding it won't rhyme the way it's set.

If your instructor gets it right it helps.

Let us now pen a double swap octet.

By just lines one and four,  all rhymes are set.

I've set those words in red to ring like chimes.

Now you write wonderfully, without regret.

At the end or at the break, place the rhymes.

Remember line sequence for heaven's sake.

Then unlike me, you won't louse up the score.

Place the rhymes at the end, or at the break.

All rhymes are set by just lines one and four.

© Lawrencealot  -  May 3, 2012

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Double Swap Ottava

An Octet,  Rhyme: abababcc,  Meter: Iambic Pentameter
This is a form invented by Discoveria, of Allpoetry.com

The form has an Ottava Rima framework in which the sections of the first line are swapped to become the last line of the stanza, thus creating a Swap Ottava.

A Double Swap Ottava
requires that technique to be applied to two of the early lines, normally Line 1 and 2, to become the closing couplet of the octet.


Minimum length 8 Lines, no maximum
Meter: Iambic pentameter
Rhyme: ababaabcc


Example Poem

Social Schism (Double Swap Ottava)

Some do less, some do more to help the whole.
all members knew the score when tribes were small.
Great hunters, all the members would extoll.
Their prowess was a benefit for all.
The tribes were healthy when each played their role,
Our tribe will fail if no one heeds that call.
When tribes were small all members knew the score.
To help the whole,  some do less, some do more.

  © Lawrencealot - January 2, 2013


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