Theme RenRhyme Challenge

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Anly Stede


Time to live (RenRhyme challenge)

A "RenRhyme" is written in 8 or 10 syllable lines.
It consists of three, four-line (Quatrain) stanzas (12 lines)

Lines 1-4 are the refrain lines

Line 1 is repeated as line 2 in the second stanza
Line 2 is repeated as line 2 in the third stanza
Line 3 is repeated as line 4 in the second stanza
Line 4 is repeated as line 4 in the third stanza

Rhyme Pattern:

A-B-A-B
c-A-c-A
d-B-d-B


(A) Spring out and come play with us, dear
(B) Enjoy the season's bright beauty
(A) At last, off comes our heavy gear
(B) And solar beams can touch kindly

(c) The cold has packed bags and went off
(A) Spring out and come play with us, dear
(c) No more reason have we to scoff
(A) At last, off comes our heavy gear

(d) Feel the lightness singing to you
(B) Enjoy the season's bright beauty
(d) Flowers bloom, birds sing in skies blue
(B) And solar beams can touch kindly





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Written 2015-09-16 09:56

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josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Now this is challenge I'm going to have to try!
2015-09-17


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