The Grá Reformata, created by Michael
King, is based upon the Villanelle form.
Following
the basic setting of the Villanelle, the a Grá Reformata has an extra couplet
between each tercet. This couplet can be either rhymed within the structure of
the rest of the poem, or in free verse, but always in iambic pentameter.
This
is Stanzaic, consisting of alternating tercets and couplets, followed by a
quatrain.
Meter
is Iambic Pentameter
Rhyme Scheme is AbA2 xx abA xx abA2 xx abA xx abA2 abAA2
where x is either
rhymed or not, and A and A2 are Refrain lines.
Example Poem
Typhoon
Flotilla (Grá Reformata)
The mighty craft
were built for wartime use
they're armed with
weapons, they'll with luck, not need
and show their
strength when faced with real excuse.
Typhoon Haiyan has
stuck with natures force,
and man must bow to
Gaia's strength of course.
The USA and Britain
ships have cruised
to technologically
intercede.
The mighty craft
were built for wartime use
A corpse-choked
wasteland stretches through the land
with isolation hard
to understand.
The ships
provisioned for a grand re-use--
with craft to reach
the folks they need to feed
and show their
strength when faced with real excuse.
The helicopters may
again save lives,
by reaching rural
land where some survive.
The water Britain's
warships can produce
will be delivered
with the greatest speed.
The mighty craft
were built for wartime use.
The food and
medicine that countries send
will find that
structured order is their friend.
Relief efforts have
no more time to lose
organization's what
makes ships succeed
and show their
strength when faced with real excuse.
They'll all work
hard before their homeward cruise,
and try to help
although their hearts may bleed.
The mighty craft
were built for wartime use
and show their
strength when faced with real excuse.
© Lawrencealot -
November 27, 2013
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