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Z for Zeno #NaPoWriMo2021

Zeno is a recently invented form created by J. Patrick Lewis, and is inspired by the mathematical “hailstone sequence”. It is a 10-line verse form with a varying syllable count of 8,4,2,1,4,2,1,4,2,1. The rhyme scheme followed here is xxxaxxaxxa, x being unrhymed lines. So, only Line 4, Line 7 and Line 10 (the one syllable lines) rhyme. When I discovered this form I was wondering why it was…

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balkaransidhu · 3 years

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Y for Ya-Du #NaPoWriMo2021

The Yadu is a Burmese form of poetry that uses climbing-rhyme. This stanzaic form is dedicated to the seasons (the word yadu itself means ‘seasons’) and express the emotions the seasons evoke. It can have a maximum of 3 cinquains (5-line stanzas). The first four lines of a stanza have four syllables each, but the fifth line can have 5, 7, 9, or 11 syllables. The rhyme is required on the fourth,…

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X for Xiaoshi #NaPoWriMo2021

Xiaoshi,(xiao – little/small, shi – poetry) is a genre of Chinese poetry which came into being in the 1920s from the so called “short poetry movement’. It is also known as the ‘Chinese Haiku‘. Xiaoshis are about presenting vivid yet unconnected images together. These metaphors or pictures just have to have a tiny bit of causality. This form is usually written as a quatrain. For more on this…

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W for Waka #NaPoWriMo2021

The forms of Japanese poetry most familiar to English poets are the Haiku and the Senryu, the 17-syllable poems. But these popular forms were derived from an older, but still popular poetic form, the Waka, which had been used for a thousand years before the haiku. The word waka means “Japanese poem,” and it is a form so basic to Japanese literature that it is still studied and written today. The…

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balkaransidhu · 3 years

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V for Villanelle #NaPoWriMo2021

The Villanelle (came from villancico; Italian villano, or peasant) emerged as Italian and Spanish dance-songs during the Renaissance period. In france, it started as a ballad like free form. It did not follow any specific schemes, rhymes, or refrains. Rather, the title implied that, like the Italian and Spanish dance-songs, the poems spoke of simple, often pastoral or rustic themes. Overtime, it…

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U for Ubi Sunt #NaPoWriMo2021

Ubi Sunt poems have come from the Latin phrase ‘ubi sunt’ meaning ‘where are they?’. This genre of verse is concerned with the subject matter and theme of the poem rather than the syntactic properties of a poem. The poems often revolve around passing of a person, an era, a season or basically anything held dear. So while writing an Ubi Sunt, don’t forget to add a pinch of nostalgia. Here’s…

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balkaransidhu · 3 years

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T for Tautogram #NaPoWriMo2021

According to Wikipedia, A tautogram (Greek: tauto gramma, “same letter”) is a text in which all words start with the same letter. So basically a Tautogram poem is a poem in which all words begin with the same letter. Here’s an example :- Sunday Sunrisesinking slowlysweet shadows speakSoul sees soothing seaSempiteral, sovereign sun singsscenic seasons’ sensualitySpirit sets serene sail.

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S for Senryu #NaPoWriMo2021

Senryu is one of the most popular forms of Japanese poetry consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Sounds a lot like haiku? Often people confuse a senryu for being a haiku. It is because senryu follows almost the same standard rules as haiku without the reference to nature. The important thing to remember is that in case of Senryu subjects tend to be related to…

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R for Rime Couee Poems #NaPoWriMo2021

The Rime Couee is a French poetic form that uses six-line stanzas with a tail-rhyme structure. The term ‘tail-rhyme’ refers to a stanza which is concluded by a short line that rhymes with a previous short line but which is separated from it by a long line. Let’s look at the rules for writing a Rime Couee :- Has to have six-line stanzas. Can be written in any number of sixains Eight syllables in…

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Q for Quintilla #NaPoWriMo2021

A quintilla is a Spanish quintain(five line stanza). It has 8 syllables in each line and employs an ab rhyme scheme with at least two lines of “a” rhyme and at least two lines of “b” rhyme. Also, no three consecutive lines may rhyme nor may the stanza end in a couplet. The most commonly used rhyme scheme in a Quintilla is abaab but other variations such as ababa, abbab, aabab and aabba are also…

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balkaransidhu · 3 years

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P for Palindrome #NaPoWriMo2021

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or some sequence of numbers/ characters (like a Time Stamp) which reads the same backwards as in forward, such as civic, madam, rotator. We apply the same concept in a Palindrome poem. It is divided into two halves, with same set of words in both the halves. However the order of words in the second half must be in reverse. Note that there is a word in the…

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O for Ottava Rima #NaPoWriMo2021

Ottava Rima is a poetry form of Italian origin. This form came into being around the late 13th and early 14thcentury and was developed by Tuscan poets. It was established as a form for epic and narrative verse. In English, it was used by Lord Byron to write Beppo and Don Juan. It was also employed by contemporary poets like William Butler Yeats and Kenneth Koch An Ottava Rima stanza has 8 lines…

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N for Nonet #NaPoWriMo2021

The nonet poetic form is simple. It’s a 9-line poem that has 9 syllables in the first line, 8 syllables in the second line, 7 syllables in the third line, and continues to count down to one syllable in the final (ninth) line. Here is a Nonet I wrote during NaPoWriMo 2020 : I see the truth has been washed ashoreLifeless like the sand it lays indraped in dirt it has rolled inhoping to be picked…

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M for Mondo #NaPoWriMo2021

Mondo is another short form of poetry that comes from Japan. The idea is to pose a question in the first stanza and then try to answer it in the second. A single stanza of a Mondo has 5-7-7 syllabic structure knows as a Katuata (side poem or a half poem). The Mondo is pretty similar to a Sedoka but varies in terms of the subject matter, which is nature for mondos. This form was used as a…

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L for Lai #NaPoWriMo2021

Lai is a French form of poetry with 9 lines and a strict syllabic structure. The rules of a Lai are pretty simple and stated below:- • 9 lines with 2 rhymes. • Structured as aabaabaab. • Lines ending with the ‘a’ rhyme are five syllables long. • Lines ending with the ‘b’ rhyme are two syllables long. • a total of 36 syllables There is no particular rule on the subject matter.Here’s my…

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K for Kwansaba #NaPoWriMo2021

The Kwansaba is a form of praise poetry invented by Eugene B. Redmond. This form is based on the seven day holiday of Kwanzaa and the its seven principles – unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. The poetry form celebrates and praises these seven principles in African- American communities. Some of its elements of…

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J for John-Tee Sonnet #NaPoWriMo2021

Sonnets have been an interesting form to write ever since they originated in Italy in the 13th century. The term ‘Sonnet’ is derived from Italian word sonetto (meaning- little song). A sonnet in general has 14 lines and follows some sort of strict rhyme scheme. The ‘John tee Sonnet’ extensively uses refrains. Some sources on this source suggests it is a form with no stanza divides while some…

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