Poetry Forms
This is the list of poetry forms that I use. I figured that it'd be easier for me to list them here than it'd be to list them in the poem blog. As you know, the various poetry forms that I use are from their own worlds and I have not yet decided on the best way to organize these.
Dwarf Fortress Poetry Forms
The Cats of Tweeting
The Cat of Tweeting is a reflective poetic form intended to praise Ada, originating in The Tornado of Climates. The form guides poets during improvised performances. The poem is a single quintain. Forms of parallelism are common throughout the poem, in that certain lines use the same placement of allusions and they reverse grammatical structures. The fourth line of the quintain shares the underlying meaning of the third line. The first line has four syllables. The second line has seven syllables. The third line has eight syllables. The fourth line has five syllables. The fifth line has nine syllables. The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABCB. As a rule throughout the poem, the end rhymes don't generally match perfectly.
Historical Figure Context: Ada is a force said to permeate nature. Worshipped by The Tornado of Climates (a civilization of elves). Associated Spheres: nature and rivers.
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The Prim Incenses
The Prim Incenses is a poetic narrative, originating in The Unions of Eviscerating. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is divided into three distinct parts: four quatrains, two to three nine-line stanzas and five tercets. Use of ambiguity is characteristic of the form. A form of parallelism is common throughout the poem, in that certain lines often contrast underlying meaning. Each line has six syllables.
The first part is intended to describe the past. Certain lines use the same placement of allusions. The fourth line of each quatrain reverses the word order of the first line. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is ABBA.
The second part is intended to offer a different perspective concerning current events. Certain lines use the same placement of allusions and sometimes have reversed word orders. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is CAAACCAAA.
The third part is intended to develop the previous idea concerning the future. Certain lines use the same placement of allusions and sometimes have reversed word orders. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is DDA.
ABBA ABBA ABBA ABBA CAAACCAAA CAAACCAAA (CAAACCAAA) DDA DDA DDA DDA DDA
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The Tomes of Poetry
The Tomes of Poetry is a poetic narrative concerning the future, originating in The Simple Lens. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is divided into a quintain and a tercet. Each line has eight syllables.
The first part is intended to make a concession. Certain lines often contrast underlying meaning. The refrain occurs as lines three and five.
The second part is intended to make an assertion. The third line of the tercet contrasts the underlying meaning of the first line.
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