The Hummingbird

by xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex   Dec 4, 2006


A sweet sound is heard in the air,
What's this delicate sound, what could it be?
A sweet sound is heard in the air,
Fluttering softly by the stunning trees.
Humming softly, new songs are heard,
What's this delicate sound, what could it be?
Darting through the shining summer air,
Humming softly, new songs are heard,
The hummingbirds are dancing with care.
Spinning to their song is their great skill,
Darting through the shinning summer air,
They dance in circles by their own will,
Twitering as softly as the moon.
Spinning their song is their great skill,
They dance and sing to this gracious tune,
A sweet sound is heard in the air,
Twitering as softly as the moon,
A sweet sound is heard in the air.

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The Terzanelle is a poetry type which is a combination of the villanelle and the
terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets
plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear
as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is a repetend reappearing as the last line
of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last
stanza which appears in the quatrain. The rhyme and refrain scheme for the triplets
is as follows:

1. A
2. B
3. A
4. b
5. C
6. B
7. c
8. D
9. C
10. d
11. E
12. D
13. e
14. F
15. E

Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.

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  • 17 years ago

    by LadyPearl

    Lol, I remember trying this style. I was a little bit confusing at first. You did a nice job.

  • 17 years ago

    by dollwithafrown

    Very beautiful poem. I like the repetition of mentioning sound in some way. It makes the poem seem more realistic.

    Enjoyable to read.

  • 17 years ago

    by Jessica

    What's this delicate soun, what could it be?
    A sweet sond is heard in the air,

    ^^ Here, I am assuming that both times it should be "sound"

    Darting through the shinning summer air,
    ^ Here, it should be "shining"

    This was nicely done hun. The only thing that I really didn't like was how you kept using the same words. Some of them I know you had to repeat because of the repitition but some you repeated jsut for the sake of it. Try using different words and it will sound better. Also, I think it would also be easier to read if you actually seperated the poem up into the stanzas it is supposed to be in. This is all jsut my opinion though, nicely done. 5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Brittany C

    This is a great poem. and is written just right. this a beautiful poem. keep up the good work:) 5/5

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