Rhyme Scheme, Rhythm, & Metering Challenge (Exercise)

Rhyme Scheme, Rhythm, & Metering Challenge (Exercise)

This is a exercise exploring writing with a Rhyme Scheme and employing Rhythm & Metering. We shall explore writing with a more complex Rhyme Scheme variation and use Rhythm & Metering to accent it. Below are the specifics:

Rhyme Scheme;
ABBA CDDC
EFG EFG, EEF GGF, or EFE GFG
Two Quatrain & Two Tercets

Metering;
8 TO 12 Syllables per line or 4 to 6 Beats

Each line must contain the same number of Beats or Syllables per line, preferably Tetrameter, Pentameter, or Hexameter

Tetrameter: 4 Beats per line (8 Syllables)
Pentameter: 5 Beats per line (10 Syllables)
Hexameter: 6 Beats per line (12 Syllables)

Rhythm: Spondaic, Iambic or Trochaic can be employed;

Spondaic: (accented/accented)

Iambic: (unaccented/accented)

Trochaic: (accented/unaccented)

You can write in any style you want or choose, as long as you employ the Rhyme Scheme variations given and make use of Metering. The intent of this exercise is to challenge yourself to use more complex Rhyme Schemes and verse yourself in using the poetry basics of Rhythm & Metering. The objective is to make you a better poet and therefore get you writing better poems. When you complete your poem post it here in the topic and post a link to the submitted to p&q version, so people an vote & comment you if they wish.

Good Luck & Good Writing.

(Make sure you indicate the Meter in which the poem is written.)

What meter would you like us to employ? Iambic, trochaic, or something different?

You know I have read about rhyming schemes..as in the technical side of things and everytime I do I feel stupid lol

When i read ABBA CDDC.......it reads........ihsedbfyzbcigoig!!!

Either Spondaic, Iambic or Trochaic can be used.

Spondaic: (accented/accented)

Iambic: (unaccented/accented)

Trochaic: (accented/unaccented)

When you complete your poem post it here in the topic and post a link to the submitted to p&q version, so people an vote & comment you if they wish.

And Thanks Everlasting for your input.

Title: A Bluebird

If I were birds like those above our heads,
The ones that fly by fluttering their wings,
I want to be that blueish one that sings,
So I may sing to you as the tide ebbs.
And while, you sit in here, upon this bench,
And while, you feel the sand amid your toes,
I want to sing to you in verse or prose,
Until my voice becomes those waves that drench,
your mind and soul with joy as the sun sets.
And as the moon appears before our eyes,
And as the stars illuminate the skies,
I want to sing to you without regrets,

Until my songs become the sea you hear,
Until my songs remove your every fear.

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Here is my attempt Robert, Thanks for the challenge.

^^Nicely Done Everlasting.

Thank you, Have you ever written any poem using just Spondee?

I have tried that one but it's really hard. I find myself interchanging either iambic or trochaic.

^^No I have not. Will have to research that (Spondee) Everlasting.

Here the sonnet i composed, using the the parameters/guidelines of this exercise/challenge;

Rachel, You Play, Rapture, Upon, My Soul... (A Sonnet)

Rachel. You Play, Rapture, Upon, My Soul.
Exhilarated, I'm Left, Ever So,
Transfixed, By The Ecstasy You Bestow.
Enchanted, You Leave Me, At Your Control.

Your Rhapsody, Beckons Me, Every Fourth.
Your Siren Song, Calls Me, Toward, Your Shore,
In Affinity, I'm Left, Wanting, More.
To You, I'm Drawn, Like A Compass, To North.

Venus, Aphrodite, Both, To You, Fall.
Utterly Spellbound, You Leave, One And All.
Your Charms, Your Magic, Irresistible.

You Leave Me, Enamored, With Such Ardor,
Besot, With Fancy, Every Corridor.
Your Heaven, Splendor, Unequivocal...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EEF GGF
Meter: Pentameter
Rhythm: Mixed

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/misc/poems.php?id=1239704

Very good Robert!

Could you try to write one but this time using just Trochaic as the rhythm? I was trying to write one but it's taking me longer than I thought. I can now understand why they say iambic is the easiest Meter (rhythm) to write with.

P.s. Do you know the name of that type of sonnet? Like I know there's Shakespearean sonnets/English sonnet, Spenserian sonnet, etc..? So I may know its background

^^ Per my research Everlasting. it does not have a name. I researched the rhyme scheme and couldn't find a sonnet matching.

Here Are Some Sonnet Forms Everlasting;
http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/sonnet.html

An interesting challenge for all to do and learn :)
Will try and do one but nothing seems to be coming..
Sonnets are good ones to do as well. The only thing is that its
very long. Thanks for the list of sonnets and thanks for posting this Robert!

Wrote another sonnet with one of the other rhyme scheme variation;

Jennifer, Thou Art, Ecstasy, Sublime... (A Sonnet)

Jennifer, Thou Art, Ecstasy, Sublime,
No Paradise Exist, Quite As, Divine.
When In, Your Presence, I Float On, Cloud Nine.
Exhilarated, You Leave Me, Each Time.

Nothing Matches, The Splendor You Bestow.
I'm Left, Intoxicated, By Your Lure,
Fascinated, Transfixed, And Wanting, More,
Entranced, By The Siren Song You Bellow.

In Every Fashion, You Are, A Goddess,
An Enchanting Creature, Of Lure, And Myth,
A Bit, Of Heaven, A Beauty, Flawless.

Venus, Aphrodite, Lack, Your Magic.
Oh, Such Rapture, You Leave Me, Besot With,
Spelling, So, Your Rhapsody, Fantastic...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFE GFG
Meter: Pentameter
Rhythm: Mixed

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/misc/poems.php?id=1239863

Wrote a sonnet for the third and final rhyme scheme variation;

Brittany, Thou Rapture, Uplifts, My Soul... (A Sonnet)

Brittany, Thou Rapture, Uplifts, My Soul
Nothing Matches, The Magic, You Bestow.
Exhilarated, I'm Left, Ever So,
Enamored, Delighted, Besotted, Whole.

Venus, Aphrodite, Could Not Induce,
The Ecstasy, With Which, You Leave Me, Moved.
With Such, Utter Fancy, You Leave Me, Wooed.
Nothing Matches, The Bliss. Brought On, By You.

Fascinated, My Every Corridor,
In Affinity, And In, An Uproar,
Intoxicated, So, By Your Allure.

You Leave Me, Just Spellbound, With Such Ardor.
No Rhapsody, Like That, Which You Out Pour,
Enchantment, Within Me, You Do, Conjure...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFG EFG
Meter: Pentameter
Rhythm: Mixed

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/misc/poems.php?id=1239898

Wrote a second sonnet in the third and final rhyme scheme variation;

Woman, You Spell With, Rhapsody, Sublime... (A Sonnet)

Woman, You Spell With, Rhapsody, Sublime,
Enwrap, In A Whirlwind, Of Butterflies.
Uplift. With Ecstasy, Unto, The Skies.
Fascinated, You Leave Me, Every Time.

No Such Heaven, As That, Which You Bestow.
With Bewitchment, Rapture, You Thrill, My Soul.
Mesmerized, I'm Left, Captivated, Whole.
I'm Drawn, To The Siren Song, You Bellow.

A Flutter, You Leave Me, My Heart, In Flight
There's Nothing, Quite Like, Your Wonder, Divine.
Besotted, You Leave Me, Just, Stupefied.

Enamored, I Am, Enthralled With, Delight,
By Every Inch Of You, Left On, Cloud Nine,
Engrossed, In The Pleasure, By You, Supplied...

Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFG EFG
Meter: Pentameter
Rhythm: Mixed

Robert Gardiner
R.G.Love

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/misc/poems.php?id=1241001