Honing the Craft

Week 29 Soledad

Moment of Peace

Mid the hectic holiday rush,
en soledad encuentro paz.*
From grace, I listen to the hush.
                   ~~Judi Van Gorder

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* in solitude I find peace
For: "Week 29 Form: Soledad"  


Verse Form The Soledad  , (solitude) is a minor form, written in three, 8 syllable lines. The octosyllabic line is typical of 12th to 15th century Spanish poetry although the majority of forms developed during that period were framed in couplets. The elements of the Soledad are:
         1. a tristich, a poem in 3 lines however it is sometimes written in stanzas of more than one tercet
         2. syllabic, each line is 8 syllables. Often the 3rd syllable of a line is stressed.
         3. rhymed, rhymed scheme axa bxb etc x being unrhymed.
         4. commonly written with internal consonance and or assonance.