Patterns ‘N Poetry, Standard Edition, includes the Rondeau poetry format and the patterns for the closely related patterns for the Roundel and Rondine. The Rondeau, sometimes spelled Rondo is often confused with other forms with similar spelling: Rondel, Rondelet, , Roundelay, Rondeau Redoublé, Roundel and Rondine. But only the Rondine and the Roundel poetry formats are like Rondeau. Continue reading
Patterns ‘N Poetry includes the poem form Tera Rima.Dante Alighieri using the Terza Rima form wrote the Divine Comedy. The form had been known before him. The pattern, an interlocking rhyme pattern (aba,bcb,cdc,ded, ee) lends itself to easy memorization and used by troubadours throughout France and Italy in the 11th, 12, and 13th century. Dante made it popular. Continue reading
The Villanelle is a form of poetry introduced in the 16th Century in France. It is related to the Spanish poetry form Villancico. The English version was introduced in the 19th Century, and in fact most Villanelles are written in English. It is a form many poets love writing with an equal number or more afraid. The limitation of two rhymes make it a challenge as the use of refrain. Continue reading
Patterns ‘N Poetry, the poetry writing software, the Standard Edition, includes three different poetry patterns based on the poetry form called Rubaiyat. All are limited to four quatrain stanzas.
There are three variations of the Rubaiyat, Traditional, Interlocking and Refrain. Continue reading
Patterns N Poetry software includes four English Sonnet poetry patterns. The four English patterns are Shakespearean Sonnet, Spenserian Sonnet, Wordsworth Sonnet and Clare Sonnet. The English Sonnet gained its unique pattern starting with the sonnet form called the Shakespearean Sonnet. Continue reading
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