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A Gra Reformata
A chapter in the book Little Poems
Long Ago Creatures
by Treischel
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This scene is from the Science Museum's Dinosaur display in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Some people don't actually believe in dinosaurs. They either are skeptics, or religious fanatics. I heard one person tell me that they are a hoax, planted to disprove creationism of the bible. So those thoughts inspired this poem.
This poem is a Gra Reformata.
The Gra Reformata, created by Michael King, is based upon the Villanelle form.
Following the basic setting of the Villanelle, the a Gra Reformata has an extra couplet between each tercet. This couplet can be either rhymed within the structure of the rest of the poem, or in free verse, but always in iambic pentameter.
So there are the ususual five Tercets followed by the closing Quatrain of the Villianelle, with four Couplets interspersed between the Tercets.
This gives the following Format:
Stanza 1: A1-b-A2
Stanza 2: c - c
Stanza 3: a-b-A1
Stanza 4: d - d
Stanza 5: a-b-A2
Stanza 6: e - e
Stanza 7: a-b-A1
Stanza 8: f - f
Stanza 9: a-b-A2
Stanza 10: a-b-A1-A2,
For a total of 10 stanzas, where A1 and A2 are the repeated lines from the first Tercet.
This photograph was taken by the author himself on April 22, 2012.
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The Gra Reformata, created by Michael King, is based upon the Villanelle form.
Following the basic setting of the Villanelle, the a Gra Reformata has an extra couplet between each tercet. This couplet can be either rhymed within the structure of the rest of the poem, or in free verse, but always in iambic pentameter.
So there are the ususual five Tercets followed by the closing Quatrain of the Villianelle, with four Couplets interspersed between the Tercets.
This gives the following Format:
Stanza 1: A1-b-A2
Stanza 2: c - c
Stanza 3: a-b-A1
Stanza 4: d - d
Stanza 5: a-b-A2
Stanza 6: e - e
Stanza 7: a-b-A1
Stanza 8: f - f
Stanza 9: a-b-A2
Stanza 10: a-b-A1-A2,
For a total of 10 stanzas, where A1 and A2 are the repeated lines from the first Tercet.
This photograph was taken by the author himself on April 22, 2012.
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