Night in moonlight
Sight exciting
Inviting adoration
Delighting all the senses
Sensation, palpitation
Curvation, denotation
Beau, beloved, both aglow
Low in silver cameo
Night in moonlight
Sight exciting
Kisses inviting
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Scansion:
Serena
This form has two definitions:
(1) Occitan – serene song, a song of the troubadours that appeared late in the Provencal lyrical poetry and is the counterpart of the Alba. It builds around the theme of waiting for nightfall, specifically a lover waiting to consummate his love.
(2) a modern-day form invented by Edith Thompson and found in Pathway for the Poet by Viola Berg
hendecastich (11-line poem)
uses head and tail rhyme (rhymes at the beginning and end of each line)
Syllabic structure: 4-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-3-4
Head rhyme: AabbccddAAx, where x is unrhymed
Tail rhyme: ABcxccddABb, where x is unrhymed
Refrain: L1 & L2 are repeated at L9 & L10
Note: Some of my lines admittedly do not fit the syllabic structure, but I did make an effort to follow the rhyme scheme.
Nice, I hope to have a go at writing some of these new ones you are writing, one more 10-lined challenge and I will have written all 35 of your challenge. Hope you are having a peaceful day.
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When you finish the challenge, I shall raise a toast to you from my corner of the globe. 🙂 And by all means, join me on these others too. There are so many forms to try, I don’t think I’ll ever get to the end of them, but it sure is nice having a companion to travel with.
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Beautifully written
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Thank you. I appreciate you stopping by.
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