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| Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Spenserian, Dylanian Rhyme Schemes |
| 1. Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet Rhyme Scheme: |
| ABBA | ABBA | CDE | CDE |
| Proposes | supports | confirms | concludes |
| 2. English (Shakespearean) Sonnet Rhyme Scheme: |
| ABAB | CDCD | EFEF | GG |
| proposes | supports | confirms | concludes |
| 3. Spenserian Sonnet Rhyme Scheme: |
| ABAB | BCBC | CDCD | EE |
| proposes | supports | confirms | concludes |
The above "Sonnet" is the last stanza of Bob Dylan's A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (.doc; 26 KB) |
Most poetry has rhythm, and rhythm is achieved by emphasizing or deemphasizing certain syllables. The syllables, themselves, are then grouped into two or three syllable units called "feet". |
-Monometer -Trimeter -Tetrameter - Pentameter -Heptameter Lines (Verses): |
| Haïkus are a centuries old form of Japanese poetry. They are three lines long poems, usually about nature. An Haïku's first line has 5 syllables (or feet), its second, 7 syllabes (or feet), and its third and last line, 5 syllables (or feet): (5-7-5). A Haïku captures the essence of what's happening; it often connects two seemingly unrelated things. |
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| ......... Irak, you kill and cry and die and crack, |
| ......... Kidnap, explode, so that all know your wrath is real and strong. |
| ......... Your Home was raped; they lied; we know their wrongs. |
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| ......... Oh Please, forgive the creeps, their greed, their tricks, |
| ......... That peace prevails, and Joy for your children, husbands and wives, |
| .......... Instead of blood, bullets, rockets and knives. |
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| .......... American children have killed Irak's |
| ......... Who stand in self-defense, who stand by pride, by right, and growl. |
| ......... What's there is here also. Blood spills; kids howl. |
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