This is an Irish form known as the Ae Freslighe. Do read the discussion on the form! |
Hot and Cold Days Some days are so dramatic! It's so hot, I sweat wholesome ... Pace of men so frenetic, Work has become so loathsome ... ! Winter breeze blows heartlessly, Mufflers are now in fashion, People roam just aimlessly, As the snow falls in Darwin. © Dr. Taher Kagalwala, Jan 2004 Prompt: The prompt is to write this Irish poem style. Write one trial stanza and one on winter. How to write an Ae Freslighe (ay fresh lee): This Irish form is not easy. While it is short, you have to keep the little rules for this form, to write it properly. I hope I can explain it clear... ~ The Ae Freslighe can have more than one stanza. ~ Each stanza is built up out of four lines (a quatrain) ~ Each line has seven syllables. # Line one and three use a triple rhyme (three syllable rhyme) # Line two and four use a double rhyme (two syllables) # You have to end line four with the first syllable word in the first line, or the complete line that you used to begin your poem with. The scheme: x x x x (x x a) x x x x x (x b) x x x x (x x a) x x x x x (x b) Author's note: This was indeed very difficult. But enjoyable too! Try it, dear readers! The above explanation is courtesy b_boonstra. Thanks to her. |