Biographical Poetry posted June 19, 2015 | Chapters: | ...109 110 -111- 112... |
An Octogram
A chapter in the book Family
I Need to Show
by Treischel
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My grandson Isaac isn't really hurt, but he knows he can get his mom's attention and affection if he shows his mommy his bruises. He'll get a kiss on it. Remember doing that as a kid? Her kiss always made it better.
This poem is an Octogram.
The Octogram is a style of poetry invented by Fanstorian Sally Yocom (S.Yocom). It consists of two stanzas of eight lines each, with a very specific syllable count and rhyme scheme.
Syllable count is: 84848884, repeat on second stanza.
Rhyme scheme: aBabccbB ababddbB, where B repeats same text repeated.
No more than 16 lines.
This picture was taken by the author himself of his daughter, Aisha, and grandson, Isaac, on November 25, 2014.
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The Octogram is a style of poetry invented by Fanstorian Sally Yocom (S.Yocom). It consists of two stanzas of eight lines each, with a very specific syllable count and rhyme scheme.
Syllable count is: 84848884, repeat on second stanza.
Rhyme scheme: aBabccbB ababddbB, where B repeats same text repeated.
No more than 16 lines.
This picture was taken by the author himself of his daughter, Aisha, and grandson, Isaac, on November 25, 2014.
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