Month: December 2022
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Pindaric Ode Notes
Originally posted on Jezzie G: Named after the Greek poet, Pindar, the Pindaric Ode consists of a pattern of three stanzas called triads. The poem can be composed of several triads. The first triad (the strophe) and the second (antistrophe) should be metrically identical, and the third (epode) wandering off on its own metrical path…
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Horatian Ode Notes
Originally posted on Jezzie G: Named after the Latin poet, Horace, the Horatian Ode contains a stanza pattern (usually 2-4 lines in length but can be more) that repeats throughout the poem Example Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness painsMy sense, as though of hemlock I had…
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Moon Shine Madrigal
As darkness falls, I see my Lady rise to bathe the world in silver blue moon shine and while I pray, I know this love is Thine
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Nashers Notes
Originally posted on Jezzie G: Named after Ogden Nash, Nashers are couplets of any length that feature comical rhymes, including wrenched rhymes. A wrenched rhyme example from Nash’s poem “Kindly Unhitch the Star, Buddy” is rhinestones and ghrinestones. Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc and so on Example Keep Walking? by Robert Lee Brewer I walked…
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Bob and Wheel Notes
Originally posted on Jezzie G: The Bob and Wheel is a quintain stanza. The first line is composed of two or three syllables and lines two through five have six syllables each. Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc efefe and so on Example Inspired by Peanuts by JezzieG Talented houndGoing back to my youth“Good Grief” it’s Charlie…
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Different Flame
How can the shouts of prejudice reveal the truth of love, absolute love divine; with bitterness behind an unseen line where none can see desire, our hearts conceal
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One Sultry Night
While Meg and Sue moralize one sultry night last summer their quest to oralize sadly, became a bummer
A Garret Poet 