Thursday, April 7, 2011

Rime Couee - Cut Short

This is a two rhyme poem that originated in France. It begins with a rhyming couplet of eight syllables followed by a line of six syllables. It then repeats to make a structure as shown:

x.x.x.x.x.x.x.a.
x.x.x.x.x.x.x.a.
x.x.x.x.x.b.
x.x.x.x.x.x.x.a.
x.x.x.x.x.x.x.a.
x.x.x.x.x.b.

“Cut Short”

Sweetest blossom, growing taller
Is this lone life all you thought her?
Do you hunger for more?
Withering blossom, shrink smaller
Take peace, think of how you once were
Think how you were before

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