Monchielle Stanza - "I Toil Over Words"

This stanza was created by Norwegian poet, Jim T. Henriksen. It is made up of four five line stanzas and each line has six syllables. The first line of each stanza is the same. Lines three and five rhyme. The structure would be:

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xxxxxxb
xxxxxxc
xxxxxxd
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xxxxxxe
ect.

“I Toil Over Words”

I toil over words
On pages of old books
Looking for the answers
Of the long asked questions
To hold off advancers

I toil over words
In newspaper and lines
Trying to find good news
In such hard, trying times
But never get pasted views
Opposing opinions

I toil over words
Of passing and people
Listening for sad cries
Beneath convincing smiles
I try to pass the lies

I toil over words
That flow from my old pen
Looking for some meaning
In all the work I’ve done
For something redeeming
Before my life has run