CLOSED - The Ultimate Poetry Challenge

Form: Rispetto  

Number of lines: 8

Rules: A Rispetto, an Italian form of poetry, is a complete poem of two rhyme quatrains with strict meter. The meter is usually iambic tetrameter with a rhyme scheme of abab ccdd. A Heroic Rispetto is written in Iambic pentameter  , usually featuring the same rhyme scheme.

Choices for the poet this week: You may choose any topic

Example:
Tribute to Tuscany

In old Tuscany, this form of poetry
To stimulate the imagination's muse,
Has been passed down through every century,
To all writers whom the written words enthuse.

Even yet today, some vineyard covered hill,
Hung with clustered grapes, romantic souls instill
With a deep desire to try their hand once more
And resurrect a page from history's lore!

Copyright © 2006 Betty Lou Hebert