Rhyme Royal*
to be read while being beautiful
beauty is currency
honored everywhere
beauty--a master key
unlocking with pretty hair
her power is unfair
like new money flaunting big bills
real beauty takes little skill
a cross and a commodity
beauty dares
admirers to disagree
to disregard the blare
of her white hot glare
Burning but chill
beautiful girls fulfill
*mmmmkay, Darlings, this poem is an example of Rhyme Royal. This type of rhyme is associated with Geoffrey Chaucer, whose Troilus and Criseyde marks the form's first appearance in English. Basically, it is a seven line stanza with an ababbcc rhyme scheme. If I were really following the rules, each line would have been written in iambic pentameter. However, being the rule breaker that I am, each line in my poem has a meter all its own.
2 comments:
your ability to churn out all these different forms of poetry is incredible Saadia...
Thank you for sharing them with the world...oh yeah..and me too
I knew not all poetry was rhyming...but had no idea there are so many styles.
I was thinking the same thing as DC. You are a natural when it comes to poetry. As you tackle some weightier subject matter, you may one day find people mimicking your rule breaker style.
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