Monday, February 15, 2021

Poetic Form 92: Ottava Rima

 A Better Yesterday

She waits for something more than paper cards.

Written words of affections look so nice

when printed in mass. Love is discarded

with the scraps from dinner. She’ll sacrifice

flowers for a kiss that sets her off guard.

She wants a romance felt more than just twice

a year. She believes in those high school notes,

signed with a heart. Regret tightens her throat.


Poetic Form #92: Ottava Rima

The ottava rima is an Italian from. Lord Byron used this form to write Don Juan

The ottava rima form has 8 lines with an abababcc rhyme pattern. It is commonly

 written in iambic pentameter or 10-syllable lines. The form can be a stand alone 

poem, or with any number of stanzas.

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