For the dVerse prompt “poetry form: Seguidilla“:
My attempts at assonance
fail right at the start,
all I get is dissonance
no matter the path.
Writing partial rhymes
is much harder than it seems,
though I really tried.
I like alliteration
and I like true rhyme
So, I’ll do what’s rarely done
here, this second time.
I’ll write my B-line
to rhyme (after an A) and
that’ll do me fine!
As explained by Grace:
“The Seguidilla is:
• stanzaic, written in any number of 2 part septets. (7 lines)
• syllabic, 7-5-7-5 : 5-7-5 per line. There is a slight pause between L4 and L5 suggesting L4 should be end-stopped.
• rhymed by assonance xAxABxB or xAxABAB. x being unrhymed. True rhyme is generally not used.
• composed with a volta or change in thought between L4 and L5.
• sometimes serves as a conclusion for another verse.”
%MCEPASTEBIN%
Good fun, nicely done.
Thanks Mouse 🙂
Cute 😀
-David
Thank you David 🙂
Yep
Cleverly conceived and crafted! 😉
Thank you 😀
I’m still laughing at your wonderful title….the makings of a jingle
assonance, dissonance, volta and rhyme
seguidilla, sasparilla, lemon and lime
Thank you! It took me almost as long to come up with the title as the poem. 😀
I think you’ve definitely got the start of a song there – reminds me of “hazy shade of winter” with the “unpublished rhyme”/”vodka and lime” lines.
Perfect! I join Ms. Bev in uproarious laughter.
Thanks Helen 😀
Love that title!
Nice fun write and I love the title too!
Thanks Ingrid 🙂
You really write about the struggle with form so well… finding those half-rhymes is often so much more challenging (may I recommend http://www.b-rhymes.com/ )
Thanks Bjorn! That’s a really handy site. I did find it really hard to stop true rhymes getting in the way.
I love this and think you have mastered the seguidilla in its essence if not in its assonance! Very clever poem on form.
Thank you 🙂