Rhyme

When writing a poem, there are many outlines available to make a poem poetic.  The traditional poem which you may be aware of is in the style of "A,B,A,B":

Bid me to weep, and I will weep                       A
While I have eyes to see;                                  B
And having none, and yet I will keep                A
A heart to weep for thee.                                   A


BUT there are many patterns of rhyming to choose from.  Look at this list:

• Cinquain: "A,B,A,B,B".
• Clerihew: "A,A,B,B,".
• Couplet: "A,A", but usually occurs as "A,A, B,B C,C D,D ...".
• Enclosed rhyme (or enclosing rhyme): "abba".
• Limerick: "aabba".
• Monorhyme: "A,A,A,A,A...", an identical rhyme on every line, common in Latin and Arabic
• Ottava rima: "A,B,A,B,A,B,C,C".
• Rhyme royal: "ababbcc".
• Rondelet: "AbAabbA".
• Rubaiyat: "aaba".
• Simple 4-line: "abcb"
• Sonnet
  • Petrarchan sonnet: "abba abba cde cde" or "abba abba cdc dcd".
  • Shakespearean sonnet: "abab cdcd efef gg".
  • Spenserian sonnet: "abab bcbc cdcd ee".
• Spenserian stanza: "ababbcbcc".
• Tanaga: traditional Tagalog tanaga is aaaa
• Triplet: "aaa", often repeating like the couplet.
• Sestina: abcdef faebdc cfdabe ecbfad deacfb bdfeca , the seventh stanza is a tercet where line 1 has a in it but ends with d, line 2 has b in it but ends with e, line 3 has c in it but ends with f

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