The Lai another form to try

Parameters of the Lai

 

 

 

The Lai

 A French form

 

Nonet nine line stanza

Rhyme pattern aabaabaab

The rhyming A lines are 5syllables long

The shorter rhyming B lines 2 syllables only.

 

XXXXA

XXXXA

XB

XXXXA

XXXXA

XB

XXXXA

XXXXA

XB

Example

 

I am free to go

 where the wild winds blow.

I can

Wander to and fro

 as I choose to though.

No man

 can be sure to know

his future.Although

fate can.

 

3-Dec-08

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Reviews

[Salvatore Buttaci]

Few poets nowadays take the time to learn and try out the myriad forms available to them. But you are a true poet because you don't believe in swimming on the surface of easy waters. Like me, you enjoy diving deep where true treasures lie.

Sal