The rondelet is a 7-line French poetic form that contains a refrain, strict rhyme scheme, and distinct syllable pattern. The structure is:
Line 1 : A—4 syllables (refrain)You can read more about this form at Shadow Poetry and LOTR Rondelets.
Line 2 : b—8 syllables
Line 3 : A—repeat of Line 1 (refrain)
Line 4 : a—8 syllables
Line 5 : b—8 syllables
Line 6 : b—8 syllables
Line 7 : A—repeat of Line 1 (refrain)
I hope you'll join me this week in writing a rondelet. Please share a link to your poem or the poem itself in the comments.
And I've been inconsistent in participating when you DO post them. Making a note in my poetry diary. Will see if a rondelet comes out this week:>)
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ReplyDeleteNovember day.
Dark, unforgiving. Still and cold.
November day.
My mind, like November, is gray.
I’ve lost dreams of August, lost gold.
The road, branches, sky are all old.
November day.
—Kate Coombs, 2014
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IT’S HALLOWEEN
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Time to give my neighbors a scare,
It’s Halloween!
Costumes on, ready to be seen,
Come here, say hello, if you dare,
When you start to cry, I won’t care,
It’s Halloween!
(c) Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Took me all week but got it done: http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/pad-3-8-fall-rondelet-and-others/
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ReplyDeleteA fall theme, good combination of poems--nice, Charles and Jone!
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