| General Poetry posted September 12, 2018 |
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A Florette poem for Potlatch
One Butterfly, One Rose
by damommy
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Painting by damommy. Sorry, but I couldn't get the picture any smaller after many tries.
When my son was small, he called butterflies 'flutterbys.' I've read that the large-winged insect we see every summer was originally called a flutterby, but a tongue-tied VIP in England could only say butterfly and that name caught on. This makes sense to me since butterflies do more fluttering than buttering.
The Florette, created by Jan Turner, consists of two or more 4-line stanzas.
Rhyme scheme: a,a,b,a
Meter: 8,8,8,12
Fourth line requirement of internal (b) rhyme scheme, on syllable 8.
Like the outgrowing of a small flower, the forth line of each stanza is longer, and enwraps the previous lines. Line #4 requires an internal rhyme scheme that rhymes the eighth syllable with the end of line #3, and continues to add on four more syllables than the other lines so that the fourth line ends rhyming with lines #1 and #2.
When my son was small, he called butterflies 'flutterbys.' I've read that the large-winged insect we see every summer was originally called a flutterby, but a tongue-tied VIP in England could only say butterfly and that name caught on. This makes sense to me since butterflies do more fluttering than buttering.
The Florette, created by Jan Turner, consists of two or more 4-line stanzas.
Rhyme scheme: a,a,b,a
Meter: 8,8,8,12
Fourth line requirement of internal (b) rhyme scheme, on syllable 8.
Like the outgrowing of a small flower, the forth line of each stanza is longer, and enwraps the previous lines. Line #4 requires an internal rhyme scheme that rhymes the eighth syllable with the end of line #3, and continues to add on four more syllables than the other lines so that the fourth line ends rhyming with lines #1 and #2.
Club entry for the "Potlatch for week of 9-8-2018" event in "Put Pen To Paper Potlatch Poetry Club". Locate a writing club.
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