Alternating Quatrain Notes

An Alternating Quatrain is a four-lined stanza with alternating rhyme. There are no other pre-set parameters allowing the use of such devices as meter and line length at the poet’s discretion Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef and so on Example Safe in the Night by Jez Farmer Around me the trees stand naked and bareAnd …

Pantoum Sonnet Notes

Created by: Terry ClitheroeStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic linesRhyme Scheme: A1B1A2B2 B1C1B2C2 C1dC2d A2A1 Example Tears of Rain by Jez Farmer My heart encased in carapaceNo longer can love cause me painMy eyes are blind to all that laceWhilst tears are only caused by rain.No longer can love cause me painAs …

Sonnetina Cinque Notes

The Sonnetina Cinque is composed of two cinquains, with no set meter or rhyme scheme. The first cinquain forms a statement or question and the second cinquain counterpoints the statement or provides an answer Example First Moments by Jez Farmer What is it about the sunriseAnd the dimly lit skiesAs life slowly wakens with the …

Sonnetina Uno Notes

The Sonnetina Uno is a ten-line stanza poem, composed of lines of decasyllabic or iambic lines of blank verse. Example Beating the Sunrise by Jez Farmer To rise early and head out to the lakeA fisherman’s plan of action is setWith rods and tackle sat beside the doorHis alarm set to beat the rising sunAnd …

Mathlish Sonnet Notes

Structure: Triplet, couplet, triplet, couplet and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaa bb ccc dd abab Example I Know You Are There by Jez Farmer The calm before the storm, I feel the fearThat presence drawing closer, drawing nearWith silent footsteps that I cannot seeI feel its icy breath move against meAlone in darkness …