Words
born of
cleverness
and intellect
lack the capacity feelings reflect.
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| Writing Prompt |
Tetractys is a simple and interesting form of poetry. Write a poem, with only five lines. Each line adds one syllable until the last stanza which has ten syllables. See an example and details in the announcement.
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Author Notes
Ray Stebbing, the inventor of this tetractys form, had this to say about it: "The challenge of the tetractys is to express a complete thought, profound or comic, witty or wise, within the narrow compass of twenty syllables." This form is about more than syllable count, as are most poetic forms.
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