Poetic form is changeable at whim -
thank God we are allowed to bend the rules.
Chaucer did it – it was OK for him,
Will Shakespeare, and John Milton – they weren’t fools.
Such rules after all are intended to be tools
not confining handcuffs, manacles or fetters.
I’ll join the party, write poems with my betters.
Rhyme royal (or Rime royal) is a rhyming stanza form that was introduced into English poetry by Geoffrey Chaucer, consisting of iambic pentameter lines which have a rhyme scheme of ababbcc.
The prompt at http://www.octpowrimo.com/ day 4 was rules and inspiration
This is delightful, Viv! Thanks for introducing me to a form of poetry I’d never heard of before.
A lovely poem AND a lesson! Thanks so much.
Well said rules are tools. I am sorry that it took me so long to visit you. I was seriously missing out on wonderful writing.
Viv!! This is wonderfully convincing. This should be planted in the text of poetry writing curriculum everywhere for students who so oppose “form.”
Well done!! Smiles to you…hope your week has been a nice one.
Lovely so far! A friend’s 79th birthday party here today – my sewing group and I surprised her with cake and champagne. Tomorrow friends here for supper and to a Vivaldi concert at the local Chateau, and Sunday for 4 French friends here for a haggis lunch. I shall be KO next week!
Yes….VERY eventful!!! Love it!! Sounds like SO much FUN!!