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Poetry Styles
Tautogram
The tautogram is best explained by its Greek root words of “tauto” meaning “the same” and “gramma” meaning “letter”. Basically, all words in the poem begin with the same letter.
Poetry
Culinary Cacophony
Coffee concoction craving cups,
Chilly crushed chutneys
Culinary crying compassion...
Cacophony, commotion.
Collapsing cutleries
Courtesy... Clumsy cooks
Culinary crying compassion...
Cacophony, commotion.
Poetry Styles
Than-bauk
Than-bauk is a Burmese poetry style.
~A Burmese form
~A clever or witty poem
~Three lines, but not necessarily
~Four syllables per line
~The final syllable of the first line rhymes with the third syllable of the second line...
Poetry
Dancing Words
Words danced on sheets
Like on sweets, flies,
Or, streets with dust.
My eyes just ache,
It must, rest well,
Else a hell it's,
To tell, it's hard.
Poetry Style : Than-bauk
Poem initially published in Penmancy for Taleathlon 5 event
Poetry Styles
Lai
Lai is a French form and has the following features:
A 9-line, one-stanza poem, following the aabaabaab rhyme scheme
All 'a' lines have 5 syllables; all 'b' lines have 2 syllables
Poetry Styles
Nashers
Named after Ogden Nash, Nashers are couplets (of any length) that feature comical rhymes, including wrenched rhymes (which occur when a word is deliberately mispronounced or its natural accent is shifted to force a...
Penmancy
Correction Woes
I fear as I sit down to correct,
English becomes a dreaded subject
Cutted, drawed, noledge… what not they write,
And I can just cry over my plight.
Poetry Style : Nashers
Pic courtesy : Unsplash
First published in Penmancy...