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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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Oddquain and Variations on the Oddquain
I was drawn to this poetry form by its name. The oddquain is similar to a cinquain due to its five-lined brevity, but differs in the syllable count, which is decreased by one per line from cinquain (24682) to oddquain (13571).
BRIEF HISTORY
There isn’t a lot out there about the history of this form. Only that it was created by poet Glenda L. Hand recently—most likely within the last fifty years or so. My guess it’s as soon as within the last ten or so years.
MUST HAVES
--Meter: syllabic. The pattern begins and ends with a single syllable line and runs as follows: 1, 3, 5, 7, 1.
--Five lines (with differences depending on variations).
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--Form is generally unrhymed, but the choice to rhyme or not is yours.
--Topic and theme are also your choice.
Oddquain variations:
Crown of oddquains: poem made of five oddquain stanzas.
Oddquain sequence: poem made of several oddquain seventeen-syllable stanzas.
Reverse oddquain: is simply an oddquain that reverses the syllable pattern and makes it 1-7-5-3-1
Mirror oddquains: a poem made of two oddquain stanzas. The first is a standard oddquain stanza and the second is a reverse oddquain stanza.
Oddquain butterfly: This takes a mirrored odquain and entwines the two stanzas into one larger stanza. However, in this merging the poet removes one of the one-syllable lines. The syllable count then becomes: 1-3-5-7-1-7-5-3-1 and the line count goes from ten (the total of the two oddquain mirror) to nine.
Oddquain Swirl: This is an oddquain that is a morphing of the oddquain by merging one or more oddquain pieces into it. The syllable and line count depends on how many swirls are in it. One swirl:1-3-5-7-5-3-1. Two swirls: 1-3-5-7-5-3-1-3-5-7-5-3-1. Three swirls: 1-3-5-7-5-3-1-3-5-7-5-3-1-3-5-7-5-3-1 and so on.
SOURCE NOTES:
http://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/oddquain/
Turco, Lewis. The Book of Forms. 3rd. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2000.
And various off-site discussion board discussions on the topic.
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Theme: Oddquain and variations.
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