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Workshops If you like a challenge, try your hand at one of the poetic forms below. Tanka In
this
workshop, put together a tanka using a simile, about either the sky or the
sea. Echo Verse A poem in which the last syllable or two of a main line is repeated, perhaps with different spelling or meaning, as if an
echo. Petrarchan Sonnet Also
known as the
Italian
sonnet,
originated
in Italy in
the 13th
Century and
was
associated
with the
Italian poet
Petrarch. Pantoum Renowned
as one of
the
classic
forms of
poetry.
Despite
its
somewhat
strict
structure,
the
pantoum is
still a
versatile
poetic
form. Cinquain Formed
by
American
poet
Adelaide
Crapsey
around
1909-1910,
cinquains
are a form
of English
haiku. Triolet The
triolet
(pronounced
tree-o-lay)
originated
in France
in the
13th
Century
and is
usually
short and
witty.
However,
some of
the first
English
triolets
were
essentially
spiritual. Limerick Speculated
to have been
invented by
soldiers
returning
from France
to the Irish
town of
Limerick in
the 1700s,
the sign of
a good
limerick is
the last
line where
the punch
line or
heart of the
joke lies. Ballad The ballad first
began as a song that tells a story to
the listener. Circulated as songs,
this would then be passed onto
generation after generation in its
musical form. Sonnet More
sophisticated than your average rhyming
poetry, the sonnet is sometimes considered
to be the most accessible of classic
forms. Rondeau French
lyrical poem, originally developed as
medieval courtly music, the rondeau also
has some interesting derivatives. Kyrielle A
French medieval form, characterised by
frequent repetition, as in a refrain... an
excellent addition to your poetic
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