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Simonides (556 BC - 468 BC)
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Climbing Rhyme: Creating a trellis of rhyme in a poem.
During my research of climbing rhyme I discovered that there is very little primary source information on the subject. In fact, only my handy New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics had anything on the subject. So I will combine that information with some of the minute, yet repetitive, information on the web and add my own thoughts on the subject and see what we can cultivate.
The origin of climbing rhyme appear to be Asian, as the forms I was able to dig up that may utilize this type of rhyme are either from Burma or Vietnam. However, the only form I was able to confirm to use climbing rhyme was the ya-du (Preminger 152).
Climbing rhyme is a predictable pattern of rhyme, but travels as the reader progresses through the stanza. For example, if the pattern is 4-3-2-1 then the fourth word or syllable of the first line would rhyme with the third word or syllable of the second line, the second word or syllable of the third line and the first word or syllable of the fourth line.
The most beautiful part of this rhyme is when several stanzas are put together and this rhyme pattern is woven throughout, creating flowers of rhyme that climb down your poem. Here's a visual ( = 1st rhyme,  = 2nd rhyme, and  = 3rd rhyme):
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While certain forms, like the ya-du below, have a set pattern for this rhyme, there are many patterns you can plant into your poem. Other variations of climbing rhyme patterns are: "4/3/1, 4/3, 4/2, 4/1, 3/2, or 3/1" (Preminger 152). This gives the poet a variety of rhyme patterns to choose from, including the option of creating your own pattern.
Ya-du
As I mentioned above, the ya-du was the only form I could confirm that used climbing rhyme, so it is the only one I will feature here.
BRIEF HISTORY
This form is from Burma, and has possibly been around for as long as six hundred years (Preminger 152).
MUST HAVES
--Must use a climbing rhyme pattern. The most common is a 4-3-2 pattern, but other variations were mentioned above. NOTE: Be consistent. Pick a pattern and stick with it throughout the poem.
COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?
--Usually four words or syllables per line, unless using a variation pattern, and then an alternate final stanza line-length of either 5, 7, 9, or 11 words or syllables could be used.
--Usually short, but it's up to the poet. They are not usually longer than three stanzas--again, still up to the poet.
--Usually conveys a feeling or atmosphere. Possible sources might be "emotions called forth by the changing seasons, the mood of longing, and memories of loved ones" (Preminger 152).
OF NOTE
I've seen several other forms that have been suggested as using climbing rhyme, such as the: than-bauk, luc-bat, and song-that luc-bat. From my research I found the luc-bat (and song-that luc-bat variation) to be a very similar rhyme scheme, but not quite that of a climbing rhyme--but still close enough to argue in favor of it, so read up and you decide (Preminger 1356). I was not able to verify the than-bauk.
SOURCE NOTES
Preminger, Alex, Terry Brogan, and Jack O. The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 1st. Princeton, New Jersey: Amer Library Assn, 1993.
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Theme: Climbing Rhyme (includes other possible forms that use this type of rhyme)
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