Welcome to another five further common poetry structures . The first one here I would like to introduce is the Diamantine .
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Structure 1 – ‘
The Diamantine is a seven line poem where the theme of the poem ends in opposite to the beginning . The description of each line are as follows
Line 1 -
(Noun) Theme/Object
Line 2 -
Two adjectives describing the noun in line 1.
Line 3 -
Three participle words ending with a -ing or -ed, which relate to line 1 and 2 of the poem.
Line 4 -
Four nouns (2 referring to the noun in line 1 and the other 2 referring to line 7).
Line 5 -
Three participle words relating to noun in line 7)
Line 6 -
Two adjectives (describing the noun in line 7)
Line 7 -
Noun (names the Theme or object which is the opposite of the noun in line 1.
I have 2 examples ,
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In Sickness and Health
By Paul McCann
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Pain
Unbearable, Troubled
Suffering Wounded, Untreated
Sadness, Burden, Caress Happy
Healed, eased, relaxed,
Normality, Healthy
Comfort .
Love And Hate
By Paul McCann
Love
Patient, Peaceful
Caring, Forgiving, Understanding
Kind, Supportive, Destructive, abusive
manipulated, violated, controlled
Selfish ,jealous
Hate
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Structure 2 – The Sonnet is a 14 line poem with a specific rhyming pattern
The rule is to keep to a set of alternate and/or iambic pentameter variations.
A good example of this is breaking up the poem into an 8 line verse followed by a 6 line verse style and then forming that structure into a basic AABA method . Using this principle the sonnet may follow a rhyming pattern such as ABBAABBA for the first 8 lines and then ABCABC in the 6 line verse which permits the 14 line sonnet to be completed ,. I have 2 examples of this
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The Escape From A Sad Heart - By Paul McCann
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Sad heart please disguise
For I cannot hide
how I feel inside
Tears behind my eyes
My sad hearts capsized
Shipwrecked by the tide.
My thoughts start to slide
Into a sunrise
Its there I escape
Like a bird in flight
There I feel the shape
of ships in the night
On a lost landscape
far away from sight
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Red Blushed And All Cut Up - By Paul McCann
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Talking to myself there
Someone had overheard.
I was lost for a word.
There was nothing to share.
Embarrassed I was there.
Left awkward and absurd .
A broken wingless bird.
With nowhere to fly there.
Caught red faced there was I.
Didn't want to be seen.
I just wanted to die.
I just wanted to scream.
I'm so terribly shy.
Lost for words it would seem.
Structure 3- The Idyll structure would present a strong image in a lyrical composition giving an account of a peaceful, romantic, or blissful scene or incident . .My Example here is
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A Still Moment
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By Paul McCann
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In the garden with my baby .
We smell a rose , we touch a tree .
We see a little butterfly .
We kiss and then we say goodbye .
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Structure 4 - The Clerihew
This structure takes it’s formation from Edmund Clerihew Bently who put these rules together in a simple four line construction of poetry .
A witty or humorous content with the theme on a biographical subject
My example is
The Poor House Walls .
By Paul McCann
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John Wesley was a worried man .
He had a poor house plan .
To build with bricks made of bread,
slapped up with strawberry jam .
They said that bread would never do ,
in these hard times today .
The poor house will come falling down,
with no place left to stay.
Structure 5 The Renga – This structure is similar to The Tanka and Haiku which have a specific syllable pattern , The structure of syllables in the Renga are 5-7-5-7-7.
The two example I have are
Green Pastures
By Paul McCann
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Meadows in my mind.
Landscapes on evergreen thoughts.
With floating ideals
Far from the harsh daily grind.
In tranquillities green fields .
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Ode To Man
By Paul McCann
A living being .
A creature formed from the clay .
Made in God's image .
Man can be so beautiful.
The spirit of man that is.
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That’s the end of this poetry presentation and it was great to have your presence here . Please visit again for my next presentation on poetry structures
Thank you for providing these poetic structures for those that are inclined to try them. Like games and puzzles, they provide a challenge for those bored with their ordinary. Some people are very good at following detailed instructions to solve puzzles, some are not.
When I was in school I hated required homework structures by my teachers, but usually accomplished them well, whether I liked them or not. I'm glad I didn't take any poetry courses, because I am afraid I would've hated having to try all these classical structures. However, I am familiar with rhyme and meter, primarily from the best songs (basically, poetry). Good rhyming poems have a resonance with me that I like, rather than doing the mandatory, like poetry challenges and structures for the mere challenge of doing them or being a part of others doing them.
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When I was in school I hated required homework structures by my teachers, but usually accomplished them well, whether I liked them or not. I'm glad I didn't take any poetry courses, because I am afraid I would've hated having to try all these classical structures. However, I am familiar with rhyme and meter, primarily from the best songs (basically, poetry). Good rhyming poems have a resonance with me that I like, rather than doing the mandatory, like poetry challenges and structures for the mere challenge of doing them or being a part of others doing them.
Ron