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R is for Rime-Couee
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsRime Couee The rime couee is a French poetic form written in six-lines of one or more stanzas. There's a 3-part rhyme scheme and variable line lengths. Here are the guidelines: Six-line stanzas. Eight syllables in lines one, two, four,...
Q is for Quatern
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 Forms Quatern Poetic Form Rules This explanation comes straight from Writer's Digest: The form has 16 lines broken up into 4 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas). Each line is comprised of eight syllables. The first line is the refrain. In the...
P is for Poetryaction
30 Poems in 30 Days with 30 FormsPoetryaction When I first saw this word, I wasn't sure if it was to be read Poetry Action or Poet Reaction. Either way, this is a playful response to a picture book, developed by Laura Purdie Salas (read more of her poetryactions...
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