Rose Bouquet (7/5 Trochee)

(The 7/5 Trochee with Rhyme Scheme a/b/c/b plus Internal Rhyme Lines 1 and 3)

Roses bloom, perfect perfume,
sweet scent in the air.
Vibrant hues,covered with dew,
nothing can compare.

A bouquet, stunning display,
babies breath, their bed.
Regal flowers, with powers,
from the color of red.

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The 7/5 Trochee, created by Andrea Dietrich, of 2 or more quatrain stanzas with the following
set rules:

Meter: 7/5/7/5
Rhyme Scheme: a/b/c/b or a/b/a/b

The meter is trochee, which means alternating stressed and unstressed beats in each line, with each line beginning and ending in a stressed syllable. This is a simple lyrical type little poem, so rhymes will be basic, nothing fancy. The poem itself should give a description of something of interest to the poet. There is not a set number of these quatrain type stanzas, but a typical 7/5 Trochee would consist of two quatrains, with the second stanza serving to tie up the idea presented in the first stanza.

One variation of this form is to employ internal rhyme in lines 1 and 3 so that the middle of each of those lines matches the rhyme at the end of each one, respectively, as illustrated by this final example poem.