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Double Chant Royal

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Isosyllabic

 
Description: 

This is a Chant Royal with an extra five verses. It’s for people who REALLY like that rhyme scheme and can handle ten verses and a five-line envoy.

 
Origin: 

American

 
Schematic: 
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ababccddedE
ddedE

Where E is the refrain.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

11

 
Line/Poem Length: 

115

 
See Also:  

Ballade, Chant Royal, Double

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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