Frayed Feisty Threads - Book IV

A Quatrain Float, Please 11/25/2015

                                                 A quatrain evolves from thoughts unwound, floating in a pool;
                                                 From pen or pencil now extinct, computer keystrokes rule.
                                                 Fingers tapping alphabet keys, today's skill newly honed;
                                                 This verse a simple snippet of buoyant thoughts postponed.

11/25/2015
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Syllables Per Line: 14 14 14 14
Total # Syllables: 56
Total # Lines: 4
Total # Words: 36


Notes:

Quatrain: consists of four lines. Many types exist; varied meter and rhyme schemes. Most frequently used of all types of stanzas.
         Ballads:type of quatrain.
         Hymn Meter: type of quatrain found in hymns.
         Common Measure: four-foot iambic line alternates with three-foot iambic line: rhyming scheme is abcb.

Reference
Mayes, Frances. 1994. "Traditional and Open Forms." In The Discovery of Poetry, by Frances Mayes, edited by Ted Buchholz. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace College Punlishers.

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This poem was written as a practice assignment from the above referenced book.