Ottava Rima
A Ottava Rima is a poem written in 8-line octives. Each line is of a 10 or 11 syllable count in the following rhyme:
one octive poem. abababcc
two octive poem. abababcc, dededeff
three octive poem. abababcc, dededeff, ghghghii
...so on and so on
Once syllable count is selected, it should remain consistent for the entire Ottava Rima and does not alternate between 10 and 11 syllables in the same poem.
Reference: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/ottavarima.html
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30 lines, 29 comments, on Nov 16 12:06 PM 2008. In Life
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