Type: Structure, Metrical Requirement, Refrain Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement.
Description: Poem of 14 eight-syllable lines, consisting of three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non rhyming couplet. Whilst there is no set meter, classicists argue for iambic tetrameter.
Schematic: Rhyme scheme can be:
AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB
AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB
AbbA accA addA AA (see example)
Line length: Iambic tetrameter
Poem Length: 14 lines
Example:
Chilling Cold by Etain Druantia
Mirror must lie for I feel old
Weary legs trudge up endless stairs
Once in, must peel off many layers
I hate, hate, hate this chilling cold
I’m an autumn girl, truth be told
love the lingering warmth of fall
leaves gaily dance 'til final call
I hate, hate, hate this chilling cold
I yearn to be free of winter’s hold
I’d like to hibernate until spring
awaken to blooms as birds sing
I hate, hate, hate this chilling cold
Mirror must lie, I feel so old
I hate, hate, hate this chilling cold.
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