Cro Cumaisc Etir Casbairdni Ocus Lethrannaigecht: Poetic Forms
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the cro cumaisc etir casbairdni ocus lethrannaigecht, an Irish quatrain form.
Poetic forms are great poetic games for poets to play with. Today, we look at the cro cumaisc etir casbairdni ocus lethrannaigecht, an Irish quatrain form.
Cro Cumaisc Etir Casbairdni Ocus Lethrannaigecht Poems
The cro cumaisc etir casbairdni ocus lethrannaigecht is an Irish poetic form, which means there are quite a few rules about rhyming and syllables (plus, it has a really long name). But, like other Irish poetic forms, it's fun once you get the rules down.
Here are the guidelines:
- Quatrain (or four-line) stanzas
- Seven syllables in lines one and three; five syllables in lines two and four
- Lines one and three end with a three-syllable word
- Lines two and four end with a one-syllable word
- Rhyme scheme in each stanza: abab
Let's try it out.
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Here’s my attempt at a cro cumaisc etir casbairdni ocus lethrannaigecht:
Bucket List, by Robert Lee Brewer
This tale is not compelling,
but it will be sold
to those who are rebeling
against what they're told,
and if their hope's eroding,
what else can be done
to get their faith exploding
into what is fun?
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
