Please post different kinds of poetry styles here

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VILLANELLE
A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa. The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines)

Line1 (a)
Line2 (b)
Line3 (a)

Line4 (a)
Line5 (b)
Line1 (a)

Line6 (a)
Line7 (b)
Line3 (a)

Line8 (a)
Line9 (b)
Line1 (a)

Line10 (a)
Line11 (b)
Line3 (a)

Line12 (a)
Line13 (b)
Line1 (a)
Line3 (a)

After you write the first Stanza, you can take the first and third lines and insert them where they go in the rest of the poem... this makes it easier to fill in the blank lines so that the will flow with the required lines better.

Here is my Villanelle:

You are the keeper of my heart (line1)
Sweet lover of my soul
Please tell me we will never part (line3)

You make my pulse fly off the chart
My breath I can’t control
You are the keeper of my heart (line1)

I’ve been struck with Cupid’s dart
And love now is my goal
Please tell me we will never part (line3)

Your kisses pull me all apart
My knees wobble like a newborn foal
You are the keeper of my heart (line1)

While on a date in a horse drawn cart
My heart you quickly stole
Please tell me we will never part (line3)

The love you give is just a start
With you I’ll always be whole
You are the keeper of my heart (line1)
Please tell me we will never part (line3)

There is a topic in poetry discussion called "Why no old styles of poetry" that has some recommendations for old styles.

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Heh. Well, I'm going to go through the two types of sonnets.
Shakespearian which is a 14 line poem with 10 sllybles per line. It goes like:

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Here's the one i wrote called Sonnet of Deceit:

The first time I met you sparks seem to fly
I felt a connection between us two
We seem to fit well, no one could deny
That we flirted and did more than was due

So I went outside to get some fresh air
And overheard you talking about me
Saying mean things as if you didn’t care
Inside me there seemed to be a melee

You can‘t imagine how deep those words cut
Like a rock thrown that shattered my glass heart
And now I was in a bit of a rut
But deep down, I knew we had to part

I could’ve pretended nothing was wrong
But relationships like that don’t last long

Aken Sol

The other type of sonnet is a Preachian Sonnet and it's also 14 lines with 10 syllables per line It goes lie this:

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Here's mine called Blindness (Sol Version):

The people I pity the most are the blind
They are still alive but live in the black
Can you imagine what their lives must lack?
Beauty from vibrant colors of all kind
Like when the Sunrise and the sky are combined
Cherry blossoms bloom and seem to attack
As the pink petals swirl around your back
And front. Can they picture that in their mind?

The glorious things we see everyday
They cannot. We are lucky to have sight
Appreciate the structure of a tree
Or how a cloud is pierced by the Sunray
Or all the shades we have from black to white.
And pray some day that the blind can see

Shoot. I wish i still had my other poems...
Aken Sol

I too have a petrarchan sonnet. It is called "The Beggar".

Apart from the above listed, I have a Sestina a Rondeau Redouble and a Palindrome poem.

Sestina

The sestina is a strict ordered form of poetry, dating back to twelfth century French troubadours. It consists of six six-line (sestets) stanzas followed by a three-line envoy. Rather than use a rhyme scheme, the six ending words of the first stanza are repeated as the ending words of the other five stanzas in a set pattern. The envoy uses two of the ending words per line, again in a set pattern.
First stanza, ..1 ..2 ..3 ..4 ..5 ..6
Second stanza, ..6 ..1 ..5 .. 2 ..4 ..3
Third stanza, ..3 ..6 ..4 ..1 ..2 ..5
Fourth stanza, ..5 ..3 ..2 ..6 ..1 ..4
Fifth stanza, ..4 ..5 ..1 ..3 ..6 ..2
Sixth stanza, ..2 ..4 ..6 ..5 ..3 ..1
Concluding tercet: middle of first line ..2, end of first line ..5 middle of second line ..4, end of second line..3 middle if third line ..6, end of third line ..1

The Rondeau Redouble
The rondeau redouble is the French translation of a double rondeau. Consisting of 25 lines, it features a four-line refrain, which forms the first quatrain. These four lines are then used successively as the last lines of the following four quatrains. The sixth and final stanza is a quatrain, which contains no repetition of previous lines; it does, however, include a ‘tail’ that is the beginning clause or phrase from line one.
A quatrain can be ABAB or ABBA or AABB.

Palindrome

A palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the same forward or backward. The Greek meaning gives us, running back again... The carefully placed words form the same sentence, whether it is read forward or backward.

I would appreciate any comments. My sestina is called "Tear drops of pain", MyRondeau Redouble is called "Happy anniversary" And my Palindrome is called "Depressed Days"

Also Peter has different Old styled poems. He has a A Tera Rima Sonnet, An Ottava Rima, A Rondel. (My next targets..he hee) I am sure everybody will take some time to comment on these too.

Don't you agree that its hard to follow this old styles :(

LOve, Trincy.

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i have no idea< sorry

RONDEAU

The standard, literary rondeau is usually found as three stanzas - a quintet, quatrain and sestet - with each of the 15 lines containing eight syllables. The refrain consists of the first four syllables, (or sometimes the first word), of the first stanza; and ends the second and third stanzas. Only two rhymes are used throughout and the rhyming scheme is as follows: AABBA AABR AABBAR.

In Flanders Fields by John McCrae is a good example of the standard literary rondeau.

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead; short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

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My poem written in this style is called "Rays of Hope"

I know one style i never use it but some1 may It's called haiku

It consists of 3 lines the first with 5 sylabols the second with 7 and the thired with 5 sylabols something like this

Darkness calls me now 5
The sun goes and the moon comes 7
Shadows come to play 5

Its not a very good one but it works

Peter had many interesting formats.. But i guess he is too busy with his site. He doesn't post them here any more!!! :(