POETS SURVIVOR 3 -- Round Five, A

Welcome to Poets Survivor 3—Round Five. This contest is for the following TOP FOUR poets:

Peteskid
Mallig
Everwind Rising
Chugglepuff

As you know, this round should be a bit tougher than the last. Whoever becomes the ultimate Poet Survivor will be a poet who excels in many different poetic arenas. Round Five, then, will require you to write in a prescribed poetic FORM. And the form we have selected is…


the Villanelle.

The villanelle is a 19-line fixed form poem with repeating lines, composed of five tercets with a closing quatrain that ends in a rhyming couplet.

The rhyme pattern is aba-aba-aba-aba-aba-abaa.

The measure/beat is either Iambic trimeter, tetrameter, or pentameter; your choice, but be consistent throughout.

The commanding couplet of the villanelle (lines 1 and 3) make repeating refrains in the poem as follows:
1*3, **1, **3, **1, **3, **13 (stars are non-repeating lines)

The villanelle is perfect for relaying a story and generally does so in three parts. The first tercet provides the beginning element; tercets two through four develops the idea of the first; and the final quatrain brings resolution or conclusion to the story. As the story progresses, the impact and intensity should build throughout.

Below you will find a link thoroughly describing the villanelle, as well as how to construct one. If you are not already familiar, you will learn how to properly build a villanelle from start to finish.

http://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_classic_villanelle_atglance.html

Even if you are familiar with the form, it is important that both the contestants AND the judges study the information at this link diligently to better prepare you to write for or judge this challenge.

Challenging, right??? But definitely not overly difficult for such talented writers.






So… to keep it more interesting, there is a SECOND challenge to this round.

You will also be responsible for writing a free verse poem. You guys are all free verse champs, so we can’t let you just skim on by, right? Right!

The catch is this: Your free verse poem must tell the SAME STORY as your villanelle. It cannot have regular end rhyme, nor repeated refrains as in the villanelle. Also, you may not use the same lines and phrases. OBVIOUSLY you will borrow many of the same words and ideas/theme, etc., but this poem will look and feel completely different than the villanelle. It will flow like spoken language with a wonderful natural rhythm and the lyrical quality that marks excellent free verse.

To that end, we ask that you include INTERNAL RHYMING, assonance and consonance. When you use these devices, be sure that they add something to the poem, are not overstated, or included just for the device’s sake. Also, include IMAGERY that is beneficial to your theme.

VILLANELLE

/5 Understandability
/5 Originality
/5 Rhyme-Correct Pattern
/5 Meter – Written either in CONSISTENT Iambic tri- tetra- or pentameter
/5 Strong Opening Refrain (lines 1 and 3)
/5 Correct Line/Stanza Order
/5 Story has opening, development, and ending
/5 Builds in Intensity
/5 Overall Emotion/Impact/General appeal
/5 Grammar and Punctuation

/50 Total


FREEVERSE

/5 Understandability
/5 Originality
/5 Mirrors the story of the villanelle
/5 Written as spoken language
/5 Internal Rhyming used, and beneficially
/5 Assonance/Consonance, used and beneficially
/5 Imagery used skillfully/beneficially
/5 Emotion/Impact/General appeal
/5 Line breaks done beneficially
/5 Grammar and Punctuation

/50 Total

DUE DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

This is your chance to show your talent and artistry, and so important to this round—your versatility.

One poet will be eliminated based on the total number of points for both poems. Thus, you may win a trophy and still be eliminated.

The other three poets will move on to complete in the final round(s) [to be determined].



Please enter your villanelle below, and your freevere poem in Contest B at this link:

http://allpoetry.com/contest/2415113

Enjoy!