The Repetitive Forms Challenge:

The Repetitive Forms Challenge:

I have an idea for a Challenge based in and around repetition. The base of the challenge will be to write a poem where repetition is employed. The objective to write a poem where a phrase, line, or refrain is repeated throughout. The general and formatting rules would be, One that poem must be Formatted (Structured), Two that it must Rhyme, Three that it must be Metrically Based (the poem must have specific metrical requirements or have a metrical flow) and of course the poem/poems must employ repetition of a phrase, line, or refrain. Poets can write their own free form poetry (poetry using their own original structure/format) or of one of these forms/styles a Kyrielle, Kyrielle Sonnet, or Quatern. The poems don’t have to be perfectly symmetrically metered (have an even number of syllables to each line), as long as they have metrical flow (a definite and defined flow, rhythm, to them). The goal, aim, of this challenge is to utilize some of the core requirements of poetry, such as repetition, rhythm (metering), rhyme, and structure/formatting (couplet, quatrain, cinquain, sestet and such).

This will not be a competitive, but more of a skills challenge. There will not be judges, but fellow P&Q members, poets, are invited and encouraged to comment on the quality of the entries and how well written the individual poems are and how effectively the meet the requirements.

Forms:

QUATERN

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/quatern.html

A quatern has four stanzas, each of which has four lines. Each line contains eight syllables. It does not have to rhyme, but it does follow a specific pattern of line repetition: the first stanza's first line is repeated as the second stanza's second line, the third stanza's third, and the final stanza's fourth. This form originated in France.

line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4

line 5
line 6 (line 1)
line 7
line 8

line 9
line 10
line 11 (line 1)
line 12

line 13
line 14
line 15
line 16 (line 1)

KYRIELLE

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyrielle.html

A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines), and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.

Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB, with B being the repeated line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.

Mixing up the rhyme scheme is possible for an unusual pattern of: axaZ, bxbZ, cxcZ, dxdZ, etc. with Z being the repeated line.

The rhyme pattern is completely up to the poet.

KYRIELLE SONNET

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/kyriellesonnet.html

A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non-rhyming couplet). Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of only eight syllables. French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending couplet. This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem. Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:

1st stanza - AabB
2nd stanza - ccbB
3rd stanza - ddbB
4th stanza - AB

or

1st stanza - AbaB
2nd stanza - cbcB
3rd stanza - dbdB
4th stanza – AB

Well, I hope some of you will be willing to take on the challenge of trying to improve and master your craft. Here's to a lot of good writing.

The Wind That Blew My Heart Away
Ann Marie © 5/26/06

You made my life a living dream
But fantasies aren’t all they seem
It swept into my life one day
The wind that blew my heart away

Rushing in, stealing all my light
Leaving me with no strength to fight
Riding upon clouds dark and grey
The wind that blew my heart away

Hard and brutal the storm did blow
Freely my tears began to flow
Causing my faith in you to sway
The wind that blew my heart away

Will this tempest ever subdue?
When, oh when, will the pain be through?
T’will never stop, to my dismay
The wind that blew my heart away