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With 52 forms, how many poems can you write in one year? |
Form: Star Sevlin Star Sevlin is an invented shape poem that is supposed to form a star when centered on the page. It is found in Pathways for the Poet by Viola Berg 1977 and was created by Lilliann Mathilda Svenson. Number of Lines: 7, a heptastich Rules: 4/6/8/6/8/6/4 syllables per line and centered on the page. Note the rhyme scheme below. Meter: iambic syllabic Rhyme Scheme: abbcaca Choices for the poets to make this week: Your poem can be about any topic. Example: First One in 50 Years (Star Sevlin) I don’t know why this form is called a star and not Svenson’s. That’s how things are. There isn’t much to find Good samples are in short supply Thus my blog was designed lest old forms die. © Lawrencealot – January 30, 2015 |