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Farrell Form

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~~How to write in Farrell Form~~

Farrell form is a form using syllabic counts based on variables.

Each “stanza” or “section” of the poem is 4 lines long (it doesn’t matter how many sections you include.)

Line 1 – This must be one word. It can be any amount of syllables and anything. But, one word only.

Line 2 & 3 – The syllabic count in line two is two times the amount in line one (ex; 3 syllables in line one makes 6 syllables in line two.) Line two must consist of abstract imagery on the main topic and line three must be abstract.

Line 4 – Must be one less in syllabic count then line 2 and three (ex; 6 syllables in line 3 means 5 syllables in line 4.) Must be emphasized somehow.

~ALCOHOLIC~

Champagne
rendered towers
as we drink ghosts,
on vague days.

~STORE WINDOWS~

Figurines
living in the windows,
eating glass and children,
meeting mannequins …