100 Forms of Poetry: Ae Freislighe

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He held his own monocle
Since he had a long finger
He read in the chronicle
And he let his mind linger

To know it was edible
As he read in the paper
He believed it credible
It did not seem a caper

A juicy round cantaloupe
That he planned on for later
Was smashed by an antelope
As it escaped a gator

Now gone is the mystery
And he would have to decide
It now has made history
With other stories collide

He dropped his round monocle
He no longer needs glasses
When done with the chronicle
As the time slowly passes

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  • Quatrain stanzas (4-line stanzas)
  • 7 syllables per line
  • Lines 1 and 3 rhyme together, but they rhyme as three syllables (xxa)
  • Lines 2 and 4 rhyme together as two syllables (xb)
  • The final syllable, word, or line of the entire poem should be the same as the entire poem begins (the poetic term for this is dunadh)
  • Poem can be as concise as one stanza and scale out as far as a poet wishes to push it

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