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The strambotto traces back to the 13th century. This Italian form known as ottava siciliana (Sicilian octave) or strambotto popolare was the preferred form in Southern Italy, while strambotto toscano was more popular in Tuscany [hat tip to Edward Hirsch's A Poet's Glossary]. Today strambotto toscano is known as ottava rima. Here are the basic rules for strambotto: Octave (8-line) poems or stanzas, Hendecasyllabic (or 11-syllable) lines, Rhyme scheme: abababab Alternate version: There's also a six-line variant form (still called strambotto) with hendecasyllabic lines and an ababab rhyme scheme. Writer's Digest, Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist3 years ago in Poets
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By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Poets
A French Meal
The virelai is a French poetic form with alternating rhymes and line lengths. Here are basic guidelines: + nine lines per stanza, + lines one, two, four, five, seven, and eight have five syllables + lines three, six, and nine have two syllables + the five-syllable lines rhyme with each other and the two-syllable lines rhyme with each other to make the following rhyme pattern: aabaabaab + the end rhyme for the short lines continues on in the following stanza + the final stanza’s short-line end rhyme should be the same as the long-line end rhyme in the opening stanza (to complete the end-rhyme circle) Note on stanzas: This form can contain as few as two stanzas to infinity (if you could write that many). Writer’s Digest, by Robert Lee Brewer
By Denise E Lindquist3 years ago in Poets
