Soledad: Poetic Forms
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the soledad, which is a Spanish tercet form.
The soledad is a Spanish poetic form. It has the following guidelines:
- Three-line poem (or stanzas).
- Eight-syllable lines.
- Rhyme scheme: aba.
- Internal consonance and assonance.
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Play with poetic forms!
Poetic forms are fun poetic games, and this digital guide collects more than 100 poetic forms, including more established poetic forms (like sestinas and sonnets) and newer invented forms (like golden shovels and fibs).
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Here’s my attempt at a soledad:
On to Rome Again, by Robert Lee Brewer
When Wendy went to sing a song
along with Willie Nelson's friends,
she found she heard the words all wrong.
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.
