posted on September 7, 2000 03:12:03 PM
My freshman English teacher used this game to get us into poetry.
The rhyme scheme is a a b a for the first stanza and b b a b for the second and if we get any further c c b c.
So the first, second and last lines rhyme and the third line sets the rhyme for the next stanza and so on.
We each wrote the first line of a poem and then handed the paper to the desk behind us
they filled out the second and passed it on.
We got some good stuff and some real dismal stuff but we had a great time.
It's real easy (please play, there is no judging here, the poem will end up what it will)
So here is your first line:
The seasons change upon a whim
posted on September 7, 2000 04:24:26 PM
I thought of that James but I just couldn't make whim and wind both a's. Ok, but yours is much better, go with "aaba" and then "bbab". Very good.
a The seasons change upon a whim.
a The reasons are carried on the wind.
b It's whispers speak softly,
a "Where are you my friend?"
b "I'm here", came the answer, quite lofty.
I can't think of a blasted thing...LOL
I want to be "a".
posted on September 7, 2000 04:26:10 PM
No, now you're "b". This verse it's "bbab"!
Make a rhyme with "lofty".
[ edited by jamesoblivion on Sep 7, 2000 04:27 PM ]
posted on September 7, 2000 04:30:40 PM
a The seasons change upon a whim.
a The reasons are carried on the wind.
b It's whispers speak softly,
a "Where are you my friend?"
b "I'm here", came the answer, quite lofty.
a But when it seems the end,
a I'll just start again,
b My heart breaks awfully,
a what I did I did not intend.
posted on September 7, 2000 04:49:49 PM
jt:
It works if we do this:
a The seasons change upon a whim.
a The reasons are carried on the wind.
b It's whispers speak softly,
a "Where are you my friend?"
b "I'm here", came the answer, quite lofty.
b I'll just start again,My heart breaks awfully,
You can add back the rest when we get to the next verse
