You all have been doing great so how about a doozy of a challenge today? OK, great, hold onto your hats!! Woozier! This is beyond tricky, but I think y’all can have lots of fun with it. I first tried this poetic form about eight years ago. Prior to that, I had never heard of it. (OH, and if this discourages you – and that is NOT my desire – just write any poem you choose and COME BACK TOMORROW and see if you like the next one better). I do hope a bunch of you will try this one though. It really stretches your skills as poets and writers (and thinkers). So . . .
Tyburn poems are deceiving in that to look at a completed poem, it
appears simple enough.
Yeah, right! But it’s a good writing exercise.
I’ve tried
to explain it step by step and even created a little chart to help you out.
Plus there are a couple of websites that help with description and rhyming that
I think you will find useful.
Here we go:
We are back
to counting syllables and lines. This is a SIX-LINE
poem and the first 4 lines are EACH a SINGLE DESCRIPTIVE WORD with TWO SYLLABLES, that all RHYME
and make sense together. Phew!! We’re not done . . .
The last
two lines (5 & 6) are EACH NINE
SYLLABLES LONG, and Line 5
incorporates the first two of the words of the poem while Line 6 incorporates
the next two of the words of the poem IN
A SPECIFIC PLACE.
Line 5 will
have 4 syllables (any word count, just FOUR syllables) and then the repeated
words from lines 1 and 2 and then . . .
Line 6 has 4
syllables (any word count, just FOUR syllables) and then the repeated words
from lines 3 and 4 . . .
AND then each
line ENDS with just ONE word – with only ONE syllable and they have to rhyme
with each other (but do not need to rhyme with lines 1-4).
So, if you
choose a word that ends in “y” to start off your poem – they will all probably
need to end in “y” and if you choose an “ing” ending word, then they will all
need to end with “ing” (that’s just for lines 1-4). Better look at the examples
AND the chart!
You can
give this poem a title if you wish.
I know you
can do it!! Cheers!!
Here is an example I found on the web – it’s
rather lite-hearted and cute:
PEANUT
BUTTER
Nutty,
Sticky,
Crunchy,
Tasty,
Peanut
butter, nutty, sticky spread
With jellied
bread, crunchy, tasty fed
Copyright © 2016 Charles Sides
Handy
little site to find some “Describing Words” ~
https://describingwords.io/ ~ just plug
the word you want to describe and then click the search button.
This site
not only helps you find rhyming words, but it separates them into 1-syllable
words, 2-syllable words, etc. https://www.rhymer.com/
- RHYMER
This poetry
form can be labor intensive – but following the process creates such a great
little poem. But, please forgive me if I don’t write new examples this year.
I’ve got SO much on my plate right now.
Okay, here
is my first one:
Poetry
Lyric
Cryptic
Magic
Epic
Poetry month, lyric, cryptic, jots
Share
emotions, magic, epic thoughts
© 2019 Stephanie Abney
Hope this little chart that I created proves helpful ~
And after my
second example, below the chart, I outline,
step-by-step, my thought process in
writing one of my examples: Maybe that will help as well.
|
# of syllables per line |
Rhyming pattern |
Meter & where to repeat words |
Hints of what should be used per line |
|
2 |
A |
aa |
One
word adjective with 2 syllables |
|
2 |
A |
bb |
Different
one word adjective with 2 syllables |
|
2 |
A |
cc |
Different
one word adjective with 2 syllables |
|
2 |
A |
dd |
Different
one word adjective with 2 syllables |
|
9 |
B |
xxxxaabbB |
Any
four syllables then aa, bb, single syllable word |
|
9 |
B |
xxxxccddB |
Any
four syllables then cc, dd, single syllable word |
Here is my second one:
Satan
Cunning
Lying
Cheating
Tempting
Heartless trickster, cunning, lying, doled
Flattering
lies, cheating, sneaking, cold
© 2019 Stephanie Abney
My “thought process” while I tried to figure it out: So, first I made a list of some adjectives
(“ing” words) – more than I needed and then another list that could be used in
lines 5 & 6 – then I started playing around with it, crossed off the words
I didn’t want to use, which left me with 4 descriptive words and then I created
lines 5 & 6, incorporating the words from lines 1 & 2 and lines 3 &
4, respectively:
Satan
Cunning
Charming
Lying
Raging
Cheating
Sneaking
Tempting
Words to possibly use in lines 5 & 6: Crafty,
jealous, avenging, heartless, destructive, destroy, destroying, bitter,
conniving, flatter, flattery, cowardly, trickster, tricking, tricky, malicious,
deceitful, cold, sneaky, creepy, creep, reap, reaper, damned, persistent,
tenacious, dangerous, rob, steal, louse, angry, anger
And I posted the finished product from this effort just
under the chart.
READY? Go try this one out!! Cheers!!
PLEASE REMEMBER ~ any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my
personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing
it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any
poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a
result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who
writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them
without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to them
as soon as they create them and especially once they post them. Thanks so much!
*** Also, if you choose to
post your poems on your own blog or elsewhere on social media ~ that’s awesome.
But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post
your poem on your blog or your FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO EACH DAY’S
SPECIFIC BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent
considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share
with you. Thanks for respecting my work.
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