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With 52 forms, how many poems can you write in one year? |
Form: Tyburn Number of Lines: 6 Rules: A six-line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables. The first four lines rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables. Example: Death Blackest Darkest Coldest Oldest Burning in the Blackest, Darkest night There in lives the Coldest, Oldest fright Copyright © 2001 Mike McCann Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic. |