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The Duplex is a new form invented by Jericho Brown, associate professor and the director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University in Atlanta.

Here is how he describes his brainchild: "The duplex is a new form that renders the musicality and structure of the ghazal, the sonnet, and the blues on a single plane. The poem starts with a couplet of two distinct lines. The second line is repeated and a new line is added, and then repeated until there are seven couplets of nine to eleven syllables each. Although the poem sounds iambic, it retains its relationship to the metrical tradition of the ghazal. The first line is the fourteenth line. The rhyme (via repetition) and the turn are reminiscent of the sonnet. The duplex holds tradition in its embrace while calling that embrace into question."

Here are a couple of examples written by Mr. Brown, including a healthy dose of Artistic License in the repetitions:

https://progressive.org/magazine/poem-duplex-brown/

https://aprweb.org/poems/duplex-i-begin-with-love

Let the creativity flow from your soul!
Dave
"The Poet's Place "