Another poem resulting from Karen's mother's Memorial Service held on Friday, February 6, 2015 . The flowers were gorgeous. The children were represented by this lovely blue and white arrangement that included white roses, irises, hydrangeas, and deep blue bluebonnets. Set on the alter during the service it said a wonderful floral goodbye.

This poem is a Canzonetta.
A Canzonetta is a variation of the Canzone. It's a lyric poem of varying line length and metrical patterns. The Canzonetta consists of at least two octaves (stanzas with 8 lines), and each octave uses a series of alternating couplets. The last line or last phrase is repeated in each stanza of the subsequent stanzas. The rhyme scheme is thus:
a. b. a. b. c. d. c. D.
or
a. b. a. b. c. b. c. B.
The latter one is called Canzonetta Prime. The use of a repeating rhyme word is helpful but not mandatory in order to strengthen the repetition bond. There is no set meter or line length.
I used the Canzonetta Prime format with an 8 syllable meter in this poem. I added an additional feature repeating two of the B rhymes identically in each stanza to become B1 and B2. So, the full rhyme scheme for this poem is:
a.B1.a.B2.c.b.c.R - d.B1.d.B2.e.b.e.R - f.B1.f.B2.g.b.g.R.
The R is the refrain taken fron a phrase of the first line.

The author took this photograph of the arrangement.

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