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| The Cloned-Line Form | Entry #566154 |
As part of a committment for this year, I have decided to play around with developing a form of poetry. In this form, you will see traces of other forms; I believe the distinction is that I have combined the requirement of iambic pentameter, repetends, and inverted repetends, while adding the requirement of only four rymes.
(Note: I have changed the meter requirement to pentameter (10 syllables) and iambic pentameter is now optional.)
I have named it the Cloned-Line Form, since it has a repetend and an inverted repetend; by definition, "clone" means to closely resemble.
Here is my Cloned-line Poem followed by a layout of the form.
Into Unknowns
When darkness looms - on sullen, dreary nights -
Ignite the way with beams of amber light.
With torch in hand, against all fear advance,
though dreadfully extends the vague expanse.
Ignore the taunts demonic voices spray;
With beams of amber light, ignite the way.
Though loathsome beasts abound, withstand their fright;
Be not distraught with wraith nor impish sprite.
Against unknowns obstructing destined plights,
Ignite the way with beams of amber light.
And look not here nor there but straight ahead;
Avoid the prophet Doom or be misled.
As pioneers of yore, embrace the fray;
With beams of amber light, ignite the way.
Be not as those who falter, taking flight;
Endure the night, achieve perceptive sight.
©2008 Larry Powers
larryp
This is called the Cloned-Line Poetry Form.
It is a form I developed which has four quatrains written in iambic pentameter.
In each stanza, line two repeats; however in stanzas two and four the repentend (repeated line) is inverted. In my poem, the first four syllables (2 iambs) become the last four syllables in line two of stanzas 2 and 4 and the last six syllables become the first six syllables in these lines. The division point for the inversion may be made at any place in line 2, as long as the iambic pentameter is maintained, if you are using iambic meter.
In stanzas one and two of my poem "Into Unknowns," I placed the repetend in colors of blue and green to clarify the inversion of the repentend line. (A repentend is merely a repeating word, phrase, or line.)
The rhyme scheme is couplet rhyming; the 'A' rhyme carries over into all ensuing stanzas and the 'C' rhyme repeats from stanza two to stanza four, as follows: (x =unstressed syllable, / = stressed syllable)
x/x/x/x/xA
x/x/x/x/xA (repentend)
x/x/x/x/xB
x/x/x/x/xB
x/x/x/x/xC
x/x/x/x/xC (repentend inverted)
x/x/x/x/xA
x/x/x/x/xA
x/x/x/x/xA
x/x/x/x/xA (repentend)
x/x/x/x/xD
x/x/x/x/xD
x/x/x/x/xC
x/x/x/x/xC (repentend inverted)
x/x/x/x/xA
x/x/x/x/xA
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