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This week: Sing, Sing a Song Poetry Edited by: Red Writing Hood <3  
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"A poem is a communication from one soul to another that makes one or both hearts sing."
Walter Mayes
"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."
Bob Dylan
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Sing, Sing a Song Poetry
“Si a lent night, ho o ly night...Here come Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus...Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh, o'er the fields we go, laughing all the way (ha ha ha).”
One of the most commonly celebrated December holidays in America is Christmas, and a big part of that holiday is singing Christmas carols. I can't imagine decorating the Christmas tree without those songs playing in the background.
That made me think about the poetry that used to be sung. Back in the days of minstrels and troubadours, poetry was most often accompanied to music and sung rather than recited. This has left the modern poet with some interesting poetry forms at our disposal.
This makes me wonder if medieval minstrels competing would look more like a poetry SLAM or Battle of the Bands? Feel free to share your 2 cents on that one! lol
Now, to help you get into the singy poetry spirit, I'm sharing the following poetry form:
Lai aka Lay Poetry Form
The lai is one of those poetry forms that used to be sung. Both this one and the variation originate from the region of France.
MUST HAVES
--Lines: 9 (if a single stanza) - I've seen some with 8 lines and use the syllable count and rhyme scheme below.
--Meter: syllabic in the following format: 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2 (for the 8 line drop off the last 2 syllable line)
--Rhyme in the following format: AABAABAAB (For the 8 line drop off the last B rhyme line)
--A narrative quality
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--# of stanzas
--Topic: Poet's choice.
Lai aka Lay Variation
Sometimes called the French Lai/Lay
MUST HAVES
--Lines: even amount, as the rhyme is in a couplet formation
--Meter: syllabic – 8 syllables per line
--Rhyme in the following format: ABABABAB,etc
--A narrative quality
COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?
--# of stanzas
--Topic: Poet's choice.
SOURCE NOTES:
Drury, John. the po.e.try dic.tion.ar.y. 2nd edition. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 2006. Print.
Turco, Lewis. The Book of Forms. 3rd. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2000.
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