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Poetry By the Numbers 2.0 - Part Three: 7s and 8s
Counting is important in poetry; from counting syllables and metrical feet, to counting lines and stanzas in order to follow certain forms.
Today we will go over the vocabulary that accompanies some of these tasks, as well as a couple poetry forms for you to try.
Poetry By 7’s
Poetry by seven’s, in stanza form, is called a septet. There are several forms that are, or use, septets. A few of note are: rime royal, toddaid, and the rondelet.
Ten years ago I shared the Rime Royal. This time I'm sharing the Whitney form.
Whitney
BRIEF HISTORY
The poetry form was invented by artist and poetess, Betty Ann Whitney about two decades ago.
MUST HAVES
--Number of lines: 7
--Meter: Syllabic. Sequence is as follows: 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 7
COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?
--Rhyme.
--Subject matter.
--Theme.
--Number of stanzas: Usually one, but I've not seen a particular rule against having more.
Poetry By 8’s
When looking at poetry by eights you will find both stanzas and poetry forms. Some examples are: ballade stanza (eight line stanza), cyhydedd hir (eight-line form), ottava rima (eight-line form or stanza).
Last time I shared the Ottava Rima. This time I'm sharing the Octameter and Trois-par-Huit forms.
Octameter
BRIEF HISTORY
This form, created within the last dozen years or so, is the brain child of Shelley A. Cephas ShelleyA~15 years at WDC  .
MUST HAVES
--Number of stanzas: 2
--Stanza length: 8 lines for a total of 16 lines.
--Rhyme: ABCDEDFD GHCGIGDD
--Meter: Syllabic. Five syllables in each line—despite what the title of the form suggests.
COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?
--Subject matter.
--Theme.
Trois-par-Huit
BRIEF HISTORY
The inventor of this newer poetry form is Lorraine M. Kanter.
MUST HAVES
--Number of stanzas: 3
--Stanza length: Either 332 or 323
--Meter: Syllabic. Sequence: Either 3,6,9 - 12,12,9 - 6,3 or 3, 6, 9 – 12, 12 – 9, 6, 3 (see above)
–Rhymed: Either AAB BBC CC or AAB BB CCC (see above).
--Center-aligned.
--Last line = title.
--Title = Meaning of poem.
COULD HAVES or What's The Poet's Choice In All This?
--Theme.
--Subject matter.
Source Notes:
Padgett, Ron. The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms. 2nd. NY: T & W Books, 2000.
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/octameter.html
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/troisparhuit.html
http://sol-magazine-projects.org/sol/poetryforms.htm#whitney
http://thewordshop.tripod.com/meetourpoets/whitney.html
Turco, Lewis. The Book of Forms. 3rd. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2000.
Williams, Miller (1986). Patterns of Poetry: An Encyclopedia of Forms. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press.
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Theme: Whitney, Octameter, and Trois-par-Huit
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