#398210 added March 16, 2006 at 5:34am Restrictions: None
Trois-par-Huit
I was researching another form when I ran into this one. The Trois-par-Huit was developed by Lorraine M. Kanter. It is in a way an adaption of the French Huitain, but do not underestimate the form - it is more difficult than it looks at first sight.
The guidelines for this form:
The poem contains out of three stanzas. Two combinations are possible:3/3/2 lines and 3/2/3 lines according to the guidelines found. The poem has eight lines in total The poem has a rhyme scheme A/A/B/B/B/C/C/C No matter how the stanzas are divided, the rhyme scheme stays the same. The poem has a syllable count 3,6,9,12,12,9,6,3 syllables. The last line summarizes the meaning of the poem. The poem needs to be centered!!!
My example:
Emptiness of the soul
Brain breakers
think! puzzled; mind shakers
there must be a key; it's hard to find
to solve this tough puzzle and satisfy my mind
word for word, layers of hidden rhymes I unwind.
Gone is the magic, like a black hole
my brain needs a new goal...
Soothe my soul!
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