I read somewhere about a type of poem that increases, then decreased, by one syllable. Does anyone know what it’s called? Anyway, I worked on two of these yesterday. Here’s one of my attempts:
Try once more don’t give up try one more time. Be brave! Go for it; it’s worth the effort, right? If you have a worthwhile goal you believe you should reach, keep working at it. You will make it just give it a fresh try.
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This is the closest thing I could find, not the same as your description but has the same idea:
8. Nonet
Rhyme, theme, and meter don’t matter in a nonet—but length and syllable count do. Every nonet has exactly nine lines: The first contains nine syllables, and that number decreases by one for every line thereafter. So the second line has eight syllables, the third line has seven, and so forth until you reach the single-syllable ninth line. Here’s one that illustrates the concept:
A nonet’s first line comprises nine
Its second line only has eight
The third line contains seven
The fourth line has six, and
Then five for the fifth
Four for the sixth
Seventh? Three
Eighth? Two
One
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Thanks for the info. I see it’s listed in the article on poetic forms, which I haven’t gone through yet.
This also lists a “Diminishing verse,” where “the main rule is: Remove the first letter of the end word in previous line.” Obviously very limited… 🙂
Those who seek to cheat
sooner or later catch the heat.
Oh, the many words they’ll eat!
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Nice!
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Thanks for liking my little verse. 🙂
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This could also be a version of a double etheree. Usually, an etheree goes up to 10 lines 1 – 10 syllables (a nonet, as Linda mentioned, is nine). If you then descend, like you did, it then becomes a double etheree.
All this to say, this is lovely, Christine.
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I’ll have to check that out. Thanks for commenting. 🙂
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🙂
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Well done! You’ve just reminded me why I don’t write much poetry! Writing with rules ain’t for me!
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Thank you. Rules or none, my poems fun the gamut, but it’s fun to let my imagination go.
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