So Many Forms, So Little Time (PE 2011)

Rispetto Reassurance Week 25

Reassurance (Rispetto-Poetry Form)  (E) Ode to an insecure lover Example of a Rispetto Poem #1790769 by SWPoet

A Rispetto, an Italian form of poetry, is a complete poem of two rhyme quatrains with strict meter.  The meter is usually iambic tetrameter with a rhyme scheme of abab ccdd.  A Heroic Rispetto is written in Iambic pentameter, usually featuring the same rhyme scheme.

Week 25