Fifty traditional poetry forms - part 4

[afishamongmany]

Links to the previous three parts of Fifty Poetry Forms:-
Fifty Traditional Poetry Forms - Part 3
Fifty traditional poetry forms - part 2
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32 - Rispetto

A 15th century Italian verse form still popular today. It is usually a love poem, hence the name "respect" for a loved one.
The elements of the Rispetto are:
1 -a poem in 8 lines, an octave, made up of 2 quatrains.
2 -in English most often written in iambic tetrameter or it can be syllabic with lines between 8 and 12 syllables from its Italian roots.
3 -rhymed ababccdd or abababcc or abab cddc.


An Other

How mysterious an other is,
Two eyes, a nose, a mouth, a chin.
So same to see on skin's surface
But not the same seen through, within.
A person, singular, each soul,
The bright, the fresh, the worn, the old.
Do we respect this mystery,
This individuality?

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[Lucian Hodoboc]

What exactly is the point of posting each of these as a separate thread?

 

[afishamongmany]

What exactly is the point of posting each of these as a separate thread?

Hello Lucian H - Do you like poetry? Do you write?
Do you eat your pizzas whole or do you cut them into portions?
Fifty poems on one plate would be a l ----o---- t of scrolling.
Go well
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[Lucian Hodoboc]

Hello Lucian H - Do you like poetry? Do you write?
Do you eat your pizzas whole or do you cut them into portions?
Fifty poems on one plate would be a l ----o---- t of scrolling.
Go well
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I see... Well, you do have a point...

Did you write the poems, if I may ask?

 

[afishamongmany]

I see... Well, you do have a point...

Did you write the poems, if I may ask?

Good morning Lucian - Not sure why you are confused but yes, I am writing these poems. As I said at the beginning of the first batch -
"I'm going to try, over time, to do one each of the fifty traditional forms of poetry. But it will be as and when and if allowed.
Traditional Poetry Forms
1-Acrostic 2-Ballad 3-Cinquain 4-Clerihew 5-Diamante 6-Didactic 7 Epic 8-Epigram 9-Epitaph 10-Etheree 11-Fable 12-Free Verse 13-Ghazal 14-Haiku 15-Katauta 16-Kyrielle 17-Sonnet 18-Lanturne 19-Limerick 20-Minute Poetry 21-Monody 22-Monorhyme 23-Naani 24-Nonet 25-Ode 26-Ottava Rima 27-Palindrome 28-Pantoum 29-Quatern 30-Quatrain 31-Quinzaine 32-Rispetto 33-Rondeau 34-Rondel 35-Rondelet 36-Sedoka 37-Senryu 38-Septolet 39-Sestina 40-Shape Poetry 41-Song 42-Sonnet 43-Tanka 44-Terza Rima 45-Terzanelle 46-Tetractys 47-Tongue Twister 48-Triolet 49-Tyburn 50-Villanelle"
Do you like/ write poetry?
Go well,
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[Lucian Hodoboc]

Not sure why you are confused

I was confused because I didn't read the other threads. Also, because this seems to be thread number 3, but you're on poetry form number 32. Do the other two threads contain the first 31 poetry forms?

 

[afishamongmany]

I was confused because I didn't read the other threads. Also, because this seems to be thread number 3, but you're on poetry form number 32. Do the other two threads contain the first 31 poetry forms?

Hello again Lucian H - Have been unable to post on CF for a few days now because of some tech glitch. But eventually with dogged determination we typed the right stuff and ticked the right boxes and Voilà!
Ok so if you look at the OP you'll see three links. They take you to Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series. This current thread is Part 4. I hope that helps.
So do you enjoy/write poetry?
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[afishamongmany]

33 – Rondeau

The rondeau was originally a 14th century french form. In English today, it is composed of fifteen lines, eight to ten syllables each. Divided into three verses, a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet. The rentrement consists of the first few words or the entire first line of the first verse, and it recurs as the last line of both the second and third verses. Two rhymes guide the music of the rondeau, whose rhyme scheme is as follows (R representing the refrain): aabba aabR aabbaR.

The Good Shepherd

Oh do you hear his voice, God's Good Shepherd?
Calling, Come to me you lost and scattered.
Beware dark wood, dank marsh, the cliff-side track.
From wanderings without purpose turn back.
Stay close to me and you will hear my word.

Each one, though wayward, by him is treasured.
With him we feed in fields sweetly watered.
At his side, of comfort there is no lack.
Do you hear his voice?

His sheep hear his voice, they know their shepherd.
His speech give them strength and their hearts are stirred.
From death's jaws he saved them and brought them back.
His flock know his peace though wild beasts attack.
Still he is calling to all who have erred.
Do you hear his voice?

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[Roadrunner3]

Hey afish,
To me, Rispetto sounds like a culinary term and you certainly have served up something very scrumptious while you were careful to follow the recipe. Your Rondeau makes the spirit dance as we listen for His voice.
Well done!
RR3

 

[Greatcloud]

Hello there my friend fish. Fascinating forms of poetry. You are a polished poet perhaps publicly published one day.
I am editing in order to publish a second book. Wish me well and I really like your commenting on my stuff.

 

[afishamongmany]

Hey afish,
To me, Rispetto sounds like a culinary term and you certainly have served up something very scrumptious while you were careful to follow the recipe. Your Rondeau makes the spirit dance as we listen for His voice.
Well done!
RR3

Thanks RR- think you're thinking of risottos . 'Rispetto' is, it seems, Italian for 'respect' as in, toward the the loved one to whom the poem was being written.
Go well
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[afishamongmany]

Hello there my friend fish. Fascinating forms of poetry. You are a polished poet perhaps publicly published one day.
I am editing in order to publish a second book. Wish me well and I really like your commenting on my stuff.

Hi Greatcloud - I wish you well. May The Living God give you peace. May your book bring you satisfaction.
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[afishamongmany]

34 – Rondel
The rondel is a form from french lyrical poetry of the 14th century. It is a variation of the rondeau consisting of two quatrains followed by a quintet (13 lines total) or a sestet (14 lines total).
The first two lines of the first verse are refrains, repeating as the last two lines of the second verse and the third verse. (Alternately, only the first line is repeated at the end of the final verse). For instance, if A and B are the refrains, a rondel will have a rhyme scheme of ABba abAB abbaA(B) The meter is open, but typically has eight syllables.


What is this all about?

See how the colours dance and spring.
Rain-bowed flowers from buds break out.
Yellows and blues and red shades shout,
Now it starts, again we begin.

On leafy branch swelled up birds sing.
Beetles and ants scuttle about.
See how the colours dance and spring.
Rain-bowed flowers from buds break out.

The balmy air is murmuring.
A multitude of shoots, they sprout.
Hearts ask, What is this all about?
Why comes this wondrous happening?
See how the colours dance and spring.

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[afishamongmany]

35 - Rondelet

The rondelet is a french form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain: AbAabbA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long - octasyllabic or tetrameter.

Those gone before

Those gone before,
No better than we but no worse.
Those gone before,
Multitudes who were but no more,
Now in another universe,
Do they sleep or do they converse,
Those gone before?

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[Roadrunner3]

afish,
Your rondel is bursting with color and life and I'll bet they wrote about spring back in the 1300's as well.
Your rondelet seems so simple and softly stated, and yet at the end confronts the reader with a profound question that I suspect has knotted up the brains of humans for millennia.
Really, really well done.
RR3

 

[afishamongmany]

36 – Roundelay
The elements of the English Roundelay attributed to John Dryden are:
1 - four sixains (6 line verses).
2 - metric, often written in trochaic tetrameter with some of the lines one syllable
short to create a strong end rhyme, SuSuSuSu (S=stressed, u = unstressed).
3 - only 2 rhymes are used throughout the poem, alternating rhyme scheme ababab.
4 - composed with all lines repeated in a prescribed pattern except L1, L2, L21, and L22 which are not
repeated. Pattern of repetition is abA¹B¹A²B² A¹B¹A³B³A²B² A³B³A4B4A²B² A4B4abA²B².

John and Mabel

Days are passing one by one and
Months moon through to fill the year.
John and Mabel pay their bills and
Wonder when the fog will clear.
Will they ever see the sky and
Will they ever conquer fear?

John and Mabel pay their bills and
Wonder when the fog will clear.
John tries hard to understand.
Mabel does her best to cheer.
Will they ever see the sky and
Will they ever conquer fear?

John tries hard to understand.
Mabel does her best to cheer.
Finding life so very bland
Sometimes makes them shed a tear.
Will they ever see the sky and
Will they ever conquer fear?

Finding life so very bland
Sometimes makes them shed a tear.
This was not what they had planned.
Living here seemed rather queer.
Will they ever see the sky and
Will they ever conquer fear?

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[Greatcloud]

Will they ever see the sky and will they ever conquer fear. Perhaps a young married couple. Liked it very much..ty GC

 

[Greatcloud]

A fish please comment on my new poem return to innocence. I think it's pretty good. Plus the poetic polemic you posted is practically perfect.

 

[afishamongmany]

37 – Sedoka
This form of poetry originated in Japan. It commonly took the form of dialogue. The Sedoka is a poem in which there is no set rhyme pattern. It consists of two three-line katautas. The katautas follows the syllables pattern 5/7/7. The poem will focus on one specific subject but will take a look at it from two different points of view.

38 – Senryu
Also Japanese, a senryu has, like a haiku, three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable count. Unlike the haiku form it is not about capturing a moment in nature. Instead it tries to capture something about human nature.

39 – Septolet
The Septolet is a poem of seven lines containing fourteen words with a break in between the two parts. Both parts deal with the same thought and create a picture.

I have tried to combine these three forms into one poem -
Sedoka + Senryu + Septolet

War

“Into the cellar!”
Boo uum! -- Boo uum! Ground trembles,
Dust falls. Boo uum! Light goes out.

“Load another shell!”
“Quick! I think they're pulling back.”
“Fire! --- Good one! Think we got some.”

“We fight for … for … for …”
“Sure, I've killed men. This is war.”
“Sometimes miss my mum.”

“That body?”
“One of ours?”
“I'll check Sir.”

“No Sir.”
“Civilian”
“Okay”
“Move on.”

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[afishamongmany]

40 - Sestina

The sestina is a strict ordered form of poetry, dating back to twelfth century French troubadours. In place of a rhyme scheme, it relies on end-word repetition to effect a sort of rhyme. It consists of six six-line (sestets) verses followed by a three-line envoy. Rather than use a rhyme scheme, the six ending words of the first verse are repeated as the ending words of the other five verses in a set pattern. The envoy uses two of the ending words per line, again in a set pattern.
First verse ..1 ..2 ..3 ..4 ..5 ..6
Second ..6 ..1 ..5 ..2 ..4 ..3
Third ..3 ..6 ..4 ..1 ..2 ..5
Fourth ..5 ..3 ..2 ..6 ..1 ..4
Fifth ...4 ..5 ..1 ..3 ..6 ..2
Sixth ..2 ..4 ..6 ..5 ..3 ..1
Concluding tercet (envoy):
middle of first line ..2, end ..5
middle of second line ..4, end ..3
middle if third line ..6, end ..1

This sestina is based on the end words of the first six verses of Psalm 90 (KJV).

Proud-headed Grass

They come, they pass, all earth's generations.
Foreseen and given all their breath by God.
In vanity they learn they are but men
And all their shining days pass into night.
Shadow-hearted, in pride they still rise up,
Unlearning how soon man's glory withers.

As proud-headed grass cut down, it withers.
So ever repeat the generations.
The tumult of their rebellion goes up,
Trying the patience and mercy of God.
Having no fear they prefer sin and night,
Desiring the rule of unrighteous men.

Yet now and then are found some righteous men
Who have a glory that never withers.
Faithful, they wait the passing of the night.
Living as lights through their generations.
Trusting and serving their creator God.
They know, To glory He will raise them up.

Assured of his love their hearts they lift up,
Enduring with peace the mocking of men,
Within them The Holy Spirit of God.
Theirs is a courage that never withers
Though contested in all generations,
Though darkly oppressed through many a night.

We may ask, When will it end, this dark night?
But having Christ's sure light we don't give up.
It ever shines through the generations
But will not be received by blinded men,
Blinded by this world's reward that withers.
Our reward is to see the face of God.

So we travel these days given by God,
Knowing new mercies with each passing night.
At the end of years our body withers.
And the time comes to give our spirit up.
We understand then that we are but men
Who played our part in the generations.

All honour and praise to God, who set up
This flow of day and night, that tries earth's men,
That withers unruly generations.

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