| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 24 08:32PM +0100 > 1. The verse form used in the oldest English poetry, including > "Beowulf". Chaucer's work was influenced by it, although his > verse was rhymed and had fixed meter. Alliterative verse > A-B-B-A A-B-B-A and a "sestet" of 6 lines whose rhyme pattern > varies, but is most often C-D-E-C-D-E or C-D-C-D-C-D. A turn -- > a shift in pattern or mood -- occurs after the octet. Ottava rima > Sang a paean > To love and pain > And ladies layin'. Haiku > and fourth stanzas; the third line of the poem is also the last > line of the third and fifth stanzas. These two repeated lines > also end the poem. Sestina > stanza. All six words are used in the final 3 lines (but three > are "buried" within it, and the other three are used as the > end words). Rondel |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 24 11:29PM > * Game 10, Round 7 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian Cityscapes > 2. Name it. If the photographer had turned around, they would > have seen this city's most recognizable landmark. Rio de Janeiro > 3. Name this western Canadian city that's known locally, for > obvious reasons, as the City of Bridges. Vancouver > 8. Name it. Boston > 9. Name it. Halifax > 11. Name it. Seattle > 1. The verse form used in the oldest English poetry, including > "Beowulf". Chaucer's work was influenced by it, although his > verse was rhymed and had fixed meter. alliterative verse > 2. A verse form consisting of unrhymed iambic pentameter, this is > the meter of "Paradise" Lost as well as Shakespeare's plays. blank verse > A-B-B-A A-B-B-A and a "sestet" of 6 lines whose rhyme pattern > varies, but is most often C-D-E-C-D-E or C-D-C-D-C-D. A turn -- > a shift in pattern or mood -- occurs after the octet. Shakespearean sonnet; Petrarchan sonnet > Sang a paean > To love and pain > And ladies layin'. clerihew > 5. A stately lyric form, often on a serious theme, it incorporates > various types of versification. Different variants of this > form are known as Pindaric, Sapphic, and Horatian. ode > "Ode to the West Wind": any number of three-line stanzas, or > "tercets", concluding with a couplet. The tercets have an > interlocking rhyme: A-B-A, B-C-B, C-D-C, and so on. terza rima > 7. A short stanza of 4 or 5 lines that ends a ballade and some > other medieval verse forms. Originally, it stated the poem's > dedication. envoi > 8. A rhyming couplet, usually end-stopped (meaning that each line > ends with punctuation and the couplet often forms a sentence), > written in iambic pentameter. Alexander Pope used these. heroic couplet > and fourth stanzas; the third line of the poem is also the last > line of the third and fifth stanzas. These two repeated lines > also end the poem. villanelle > stanza. All six words are used in the final 3 lines (but three > are "buried" within it, and the other three are used as the > end words). sestina -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Feb 25 04:38AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:h-WdnUOFN92pUKj9nZ2dnUU7- > the handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/o10/7/citypix.pdf > 9. Name it. Victoria > 1. The verse form used in the oldest English poetry, including > "Beowulf". Chaucer's work was influenced by it, although his > verse was rhymed and had fixed meter. Alliterative verse > 2. A verse form consisting of unrhymed iambic pentameter, this is > the meter of "Paradise" Lost as well as Shakespeare's plays. Blank verse > A-B-B-A A-B-B-A and a "sestet" of 6 lines whose rhyme pattern > varies, but is most often C-D-E-C-D-E or C-D-C-D-C-D. A turn -- > a shift in pattern or mood -- occurs after the octet. Petrarchan or Italian sonnet > Sang a paean > To love and pain > And ladies layin'. Clerihew > 5. A stately lyric form, often on a serious theme, it incorporates > various types of versification. Different variants of this > form are known as Pindaric, Sapphic, and Horatian. Ode > "Ode to the West Wind": any number of three-line stanzas, or > "tercets", concluding with a couplet. The tercets have an > interlocking rhyme: A-B-A, B-C-B, C-D-C, and so on. Terza rima > 7. A short stanza of 4 or 5 lines that ends a ballade and some > other medieval verse forms. Originally, it stated the poem's > dedication. Envoi or envoy > 8. A rhyming couplet, usually end-stopped (meaning that each line > ends with punctuation and the couplet often forms a sentence), > written in iambic pentameter. Alexander Pope used these. Heroic couplet > and fourth stanzas; the third line of the poem is also the last > line of the third and fifth stanzas. These two repeated lines > also end the poem. Villanelle > stanza. All six words are used in the final 3 lines (but three > are "buried" within it, and the other three are used as the > end words). Sestina -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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