Long Octave
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Type:
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Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme
Requirement, Stanzaic
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Description:
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An octave of iambic tetrameter with rhyme scheme
abcbabcb.
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Schematic:
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Line rhythm: xX xX xX xX
Rhyme scheme: abcbabcb
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Rhythm/Stanza Length:
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8
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See Also:
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Status:
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Incomplete
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Pasted
from <http://www.poetrybase.info/forms/001/172.shtml>
My thanks to Charles
L. Weatherford for his fine Poetrybase resource.
Example poem
Recruiting (Long Octave)
When Maude and I
were at the park
just chatting calmly
on a bench,
two half-dressed
trollops happened by
(I think perhaps
that they were French),
it wasn't close
to getting dark.
They asked,
"We've many thirsts to quench.
and one's a friendly
older guy;
would you take care
of him by chance?"
© Lawrencealot -
April 21, 2014
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