Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic

A syllabic quatrain with syllable counts per line of 6, 5, 5, and 5. Its rhyme scheme is abcb. When used for multiple stanzas, the middle two lines become refrains, so that it becomes aBCb dBCb eBCb, etc.

Linda Pentney

Line schematic:

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Rhyme: abcb
Stanzaic R/R: aBCb dBCb eBCb, etc.

4

• One Tear in her Eye
• The Storm

Syllabic Verse

Incomplete