for a table of stanza forms.           Back to HOME WEB PAGE
 

for stanza identification questions in sequence. It might be best to study the table mentioned above before starting.

To pick individual examples or to skip ahead on the stanza IDs, click:
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CLICK HERE for a somewhat relentless exercise in writing poems in a great many identifiable forms and stanzas. The rhyme patterns may be correct, but the rhythms are rough and the results may not fit a reader's definition of the word "poem."
 
 
 
 

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