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Examples of certain writing styles

16 Years Ago


Listed below are examples of different writing styles we will be writing in as a group over time. I will list the line count and syllables for each form of poetry. If you still have any questions, feel free to ask me. I will be updating and adding more to this list, so please review this list often. I apologize for taking so long.



1.) CINQUAIN

A cinquain is a poem of five lines. A traditional cinquain is based on syllable count. The modern type is based on word count of words of a certain type. We will focus on the traditional style in this group.

line 1 - 2 syllables
line 2 - 4 syllables
line 3 - 6 syllables
line 4 - 8 syllables
line 5 - 2 syllables


2.) TRIOLET

A triolet is an eight line poem or stanza with a set rhyme scheme. Line four and line seven are the same as line one, and line eight is the same as line two. The ryhme scheme is ABaAabAB.

line 1 - A
line 2 - B
line 3 - a
line 4 - A (line 1)
line 5 - a
line 6 - b
line 7 - A (line 1)
line 8 - B (line 2)


3.) RONDELET

The rondelet is a french form consisting of two rhymes contained in a seven line stanza. Line one is the exact same as the 3rd and 7th lines, the structure is:

line 1 - 4 syllables - A (the same as in line 3 and 7)
line 2 - 8 syllables - b
line 3 - 4 syllables - A
line 4 - 8 syllables - a
line 5 - 8 syllables - b
line 6 - 8 syllables - b
line 7 - 4 syllables - A


4.) SONNET

A sonnet is a 14 line poem consisting of 3 stanzas. The structure is:

line 1 - a
line 2 - b
line 3 - b
line 4 - a

line 5 - a
line 6 - b
line 7 - b
line 8 - a

line 9 - c
line 10 - d
line 11 - c
line 12 - d
line 13 - c
line 14 - c


5.) VILLANELLE

a villanelle is a french form of poetry with a strict repetitive rhyme through out. The structure is:


line 1 - a
line 2 - b
line 3 - a

line 4 - a
line 5 - b
line 6 - a (repeat line 1)

line 7 - a
line 8 - b
line 9 - a (reapeat line 2)

line 10 - a
line 11 - b
line 12 - a (repeat line 1)

line 13 - a
line 14 - b
line 15 - a (repeat line 2)

line 16 - a
line 17 - b
line 18 - a (repeat line 1)
line 19 - a (repeat line 2)




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16 Years Ago


Thanks for posting these styles of poetry.. or forms..

I am not meaning to sound dumb,, ::suprised::
but i don't know what the a's and b's mean..
but don't worry ill look it up..

thanks alot.

chloe
xoxo

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16 Years Ago


Hi Chloe, you don't sound dumb. that is a good question. I didn't know right off either. The a's and b's are the rhyme scheme. Example:


roses are red - a
violets are blue - b
let is be said - a
I truly love you - b

Notice that the a lines both rhyme as did the b's? That is the rhyme scheme. It is very much like connect the dots. Continue the rhyme scheme to the matching letter or line until you complete the poem.




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16 Years Ago


NONET:

A nonet has nine lines. The first line has nine syllables, the second eight syllabes, the third seven syllables, etc...until line nine that finishes with one syllable. It can on any subject and rhyming is optional. Example below:

line 1 - 9 syllables
line 2 - 8 syllables
line 3 - 7 syllables
line 4 - 6 syllables
line 5 - 5 syllables
line 6 - 4 syllables
line 7 - 3 syllables
line 8 - 2 syllables
line 9 - 1 syllable

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16 Years Ago


Kitty Cat,

I must point out, because I am a pain in the a*s and hate the Italian form, that your Sonnet form is the Italian form and the least popular of the two at least in modern times. I hate it, did I mention that??? LOL! Anyway, here is the Shakespearean form, my favorite, just as an FYI!!! It still has q quartets and a couplet, the rhyme scheme is just different! :)

A
B
A
B

C
D
C
D

E
F
E
F

G
G

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16 Years Ago


AND! While I am at it, I thought I would add a few more, just in case you might like them. The Kyrielle is my NEW FAVE just so you know! LOL!!!



CINQ-CINQUAIN

From the French, meaning "five groupings of five." The Cinq-Cinquain consists of five Cinquain combined with spaces in between. Each has five lines, with two, four, six, eight, and two syllables, respectively, with twenty-two syllables per stanza.



THE KYRIELLE

The Kyrielle (KEAR-ee-EL) is a French form of poetry similiar to the Villanelle and the Terzanelle.

The Kyrielle consists of any number of 4-line stanzas. Lines will be 8 or 10 syllables in lenght and since most English words lack the musical vowel endings of the Romance languages, the pattern is usually rhymed in English:

a
a
b
B

c
c
b
B

d
d
b
B

Here is an example, for those who need it (like me)
A Lenten Hymn

With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry:
Thy pard�ning grace is rich and free:
O God, be merciful to me.

I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscious guilt oppress,
Christ and His cross my only plea:
O God, be merciful to me.

Far off I stand with tearful eyes,
Nor dare uplift them to the skies;
But Thou dost all my anguish see:
O God, be merciful to me.

Nor alms, nor deeds that I have done,
Can for a single sin atone;
To Calvary alone I flee:
O God, be merciful to me.

And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
With all the ransomed throng I dwell,
My raptured song shall ever be,
God has been merciful to me.



PLEIADES

Only one word is allowed in the title, followed by a single seven-line stanza. The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title.

Example:

Mything

Men who are from
Mars perhaps come
Masking insecurity by
Mything dreams in
Midas-power, touching
Much in hopes of gold, yet
Missing Venus' point.



**AND ONE LAST ONE, the hardest of them all, although I did write one, that hurt my brain called The Mind's Maze.

THE SESTINA w/ EXAMPLE


The sestina is yet another fun, French form, and it is divided into 6 sestets (six line stanzas) and 1 triplet called an envoi which is just a concluding stanza that is half the size of the rest. Unless you wish to make the sestina harder than it already may be, it is usually unrhymed and works by repeating the end words of each line. The envoi contains, in any order, all of the six end-words. The catch is that one has to be buried in each line and another must be at the end of the line. The pattern for repeating the words is like this: (stanza A) 123456, (stanza B) 615243. This 615243 pattern is how each of the "next" stanzas are made. The first way to learn this pattern is to look at a sestina. "Sestina d'Inverno" by Anthony Hecht:

Here in this bleak city of Rochester,
Where there are twenty-seven words for "snow,"
Not all of them polite, the wayward mind
Basks in some Yucatan of its own making,
Some coppery, sleek lagoon, or cinnamon island
Alive with lemon tints and burnished natives,

And O that we were there. But here the natives
Of this grey, sunless city of Rochester
Have sown whole mines of salt about their land
(Bare ruined Carthage that it is) while snow
Comes down as if The Flood were in the making.
Yet on that ocean Marvell called the mind

An ark sets forth which is itself the mind,
Bound for some pungent green, some shore whose natives
Blend coriander, cayenne, mint in making
Roasts that would gladden the Earl of Rochester
With sinfulness, and melt a polar snow.
It might be well to remember that an island

Was blessed heaven once, more than an island,
The grand, utopian dream of a noble mind.
In that kind climate the mere thought of snow
Was but a wedding cake; the youthful natives,
Unable to conceive of Rochester,
Made love, and were acrobatic in the making.

Dream as we may, there is far more to making
Do than some wistful reverie of an island,
Especially now when hope lies with the Rochester
Gas and Electric Co., which doesn't mind
Such profitable weather, while the natives
Sink, like Pompeians, under a world of snow.

The one thing indisputable here is snow,
The single verity of heaven's making,
Deeply indifferent to the dreams of the natives,
And the torn hoarding-posters of some island.
Under our igloo skies the frozen mind
Holds to one truth: it is grey, and called Rochester.

No island fantasy survives Rochester,
Where to the natives destiny is snow
That is neither to our mind nor of our making.

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16 Years Ago


Here are some more examples I have come across:


DIAMONTE:

The diamonte is fun and easy to write. The purpose is to go from the subject at the top of the diamond to another totally different (and sometimes opposite) subject at the bottom. The structure is:

line 1 - one noun (subject #1)
line 2 - two adjectives (describing subject #1)
line 3 - three participles (ending in -ing, telling about subject #1)
line 4 - four nouns (first two related to the subject #1, second two related to subject #2)
line 5 - three participles (ending in -ing, telling about subject #2)
line 6 - two adjectives (describing subject #2)
line 7 - one noun (subject #2)

(Refer to my diamonte titled "Lolitha" as a reference)


PARALLELISMUS MEMBRORUM:

Parallelismus Membrorum of traditional Hewbrew origin. It has lines of parallel construction and presents antitheses and complementary extensions. The lines are usually short and contain three or four words. Example:

cry many tears
show some joy
close your eyes
and see the truth
fight day and night
for peace worldwide.



RICTAMETER:

A rictameter is a nine line poetry form. The 1st amd last lines are the same with the syllable count as follows:

line 1 - 2 syllables (same as line 9)
line 2 - 4 syllables
line 3 - 6 syllables
line 4 - 8 syllables
line 5 - 10 syllables
line 6 - 8 syllables
line 7 - 6 syllables
line 8 - 4 syllables
line 9 - 2 syllables (same as line 1)

(Refer to my rictameter titled "Pretend You Are Sleeping Too" for referance)

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16 Years Ago


Just a quick note on the villanelle

line 1 - a
line 2 - b
line 3 - a

line 4 - a
line 5 - b
line 6 - a (repeat line 1)

line 7 - a
line 8 - b
line 9 - a (repeat line 2) I think this should be repeat line 3 so the rhyme scheme is right.

line 10 - a
line 11 - b
line 12 - a (repeat line 1)

line 13 - a
line 14 - b
line 15 - a (repeat line 2) same thing here repeat line 3

line 16 - a
line 17 - b
line 18 - a (repeat line 1)
line 19 - a (repeat line 2) and same here repeat line 3