This is a form
invented by Allpoetry's Streambed
It is a modified
Italian Octave with the following
specifications.
The lines are
octasyllabic, to be written preferable in iambic tetrameter,
but trochaic
tetrameter may be used at the poet's discretion.
A poem consists of
exactly two stanzas, each being an
octave.
The rhyme scheme is:
abbaccab
Visual
Template (for iambic tetrameter)
I happened to invent (or produce a poem in) an abbaccab poem that has different characteristics from what described above. But I invented the form first (impromptu), and only years later (i.e., just now) thought to search & see if this is a known form / has a name.
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