Is this rhyme sceme okay?
I am writing a poem for a reflections contest, and it is 4 stanzas with 4 lines each
here is my rhyme scheme for each stanza
1. ABAB
2. AABB
3. AABB
4. AABB
is this usable?
thanks ladies & gents!
Hi. Yes you have got that just right. here are a short example.
Quatrains are four line stanzas of any kind, rhymed, metered, or otherwise. Like the couplet, there are many variations of the quatrain. Some of the more popular as passed through tradition are:
Alternating Quatrain- a four line stanza rhyming “abab.” From W.H. Auden’s “Leap Before You Look”
The sense of danger must not disappear:
The way is certainly both short and steep,
However gradual it looks from here;
Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
Envelope Stanza- a quatrain with the rhyme scheme “abba”, such that lines 2 and 3 are enclosed between the rhymes of lines 1 and 4. Two of these stanzas make up the Italian Octave used in the Italian sonnet. This is from Auden’s “Look Before You Leap”
The worried efforts of the busy heap,
The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer
Produce a few smart wisecracks every year;
Laugh if you can, but you will have to leap.
In Memoriam Stanza- this form was used by Tennyson in his poem “In Memoriam” and is an envelope stanza written in iambic tetrameter (four feet). From “In Memoriam”
O thou, new-year, delaying long,
Delayest the sorrow in my blood,
That longs to burst a frozen bud
And flood a fresher throat with song
Redondilla- this is a Spanish form written in tetrameter with any of three rhyme schemes: “abba”, “abab” or “aabb”.
Italian Quatrain- this is an envelope stanza written in iambic pentameter. Doubled (eight lines), it becomes an Italian Octave and the first half of the Italian Sonnet.
Sicilian Quatrain- this is iambic pentameter that rhymes “abab”, from the English Sonnet. Like the Italian Quatrain, it is a form of the Heroic Stanza because it is written in iambic pentameter……
Good luck to you.TC.
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