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A Symmetrina
A chapter in the book Little Poems
Undulating Snow
by Treischel
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I think the poem says it all. Wind whipped snow on open fields undulates in lovely patterns of dark shadows and white rounded mounds. It's enough to make one wax poetic! In this poem, I wanted to contrast the difference in mood that a cloudy day has, compared to a sunny day. Of course, this photograph was taken on a cloudy day. But I believe that both have their merits.
This poem is a Symmetrina.
The Symmetrina was created by Fanstorian Pantygynt. I discovered it while reviewing his poem, Polhena Beach, Sri Lanka, 0600.
I chose this format because it undulates too.
It is called it a Symmetrina because it presents a symmetrical shape and rhyme scheme over each stanza: The rhyme scheme for each is:
abcba.
The rhythm is iambic throughout. It is structured in Quintets, which are stanzas with 5 lines. The first and last lines are Alexandrine Hexameters (12 syllables), the second and fourth pentameters (10 syllables) and the third is a tetrameter (8 syllables). So the meter becomes: 12,10,8,10,12.
No limit to the number of stanzas.
For this poem I modified the rhyme scheme a bit. I used the middle unrhymed line c in the middle of the stanza as an interlinked, repeating line in every stanza. I also used the c rhyme as the first and last rhyme in the final stanza to give a somewhat unique overall rhyme scheme that looks like this:
abCba - deCed - cfCfc.
This photograph was taken by the author on January 26, 2012.
Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. This poem is a Symmetrina.
The Symmetrina was created by Fanstorian Pantygynt. I discovered it while reviewing his poem, Polhena Beach, Sri Lanka, 0600.
I chose this format because it undulates too.
It is called it a Symmetrina because it presents a symmetrical shape and rhyme scheme over each stanza: The rhyme scheme for each is:
abcba.
The rhythm is iambic throughout. It is structured in Quintets, which are stanzas with 5 lines. The first and last lines are Alexandrine Hexameters (12 syllables), the second and fourth pentameters (10 syllables) and the third is a tetrameter (8 syllables). So the meter becomes: 12,10,8,10,12.
No limit to the number of stanzas.
For this poem I modified the rhyme scheme a bit. I used the middle unrhymed line c in the middle of the stanza as an interlinked, repeating line in every stanza. I also used the c rhyme as the first and last rhyme in the final stanza to give a somewhat unique overall rhyme scheme that looks like this:
abCba - deCed - cfCfc.
This photograph was taken by the author on January 26, 2012.
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