Stine Writing and Miniatures

W3 Prompt #91: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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W3 Prompt #91: Wea’ve Written Weekly
https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/01/24/w3-prompt-91-weave-written-weekly/

Our W3 prompt

  • Poetic form (required): Rondeau
  • Theme (required): Freedom

Rondeau?

The rondeau is a syllabic construct of three verses: a quintet, quatrain, and sestet. The lines are of two distinct lengths: 1) the main length and 2) the refrain. The refrain is the first few words of the first line.

  1. Three stanzas: A quintet (five lines), a quatrain (four lines) and a sestet (six lines).
  2. The first half of the first line in the quintet is the refrain line. This refrain is used for lines 9 and 15.
  3. Rhyming:
    • The quintet has a rhyme scheme of b-b-c-c-b.
    • The quatrain has a rhyme scheme of b-b-c-A, where A is the refrain drawn from the first half of the first line of the poem.
    • The sestet is rhymed b-b-c-c-b-A, where A is again the refrain line.
  4. The refrain line is usually 4 syllables or two verse feet.

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Life is Good

Free to believe what you think is true
Sometimes you’re open to something brand new
Open your eyes, open to see
All that is possible, all that can be
Hopeful that love will carry you through

As free as a bird in a sky so blue
Seeing the world above as it flew
Happy to land in a safe sturdy tree
Free to believe life is good

Moving along following the sky’s bright hue
Knowing that freedom can be gained by two
Letting each other feel open and free
Allowing the differences to agree
Starting each day with fresh morning dew
Free to believe life is good

©2024 CBialczak

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