The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9
50. Strambotto — Cliché, Cliché
What do you think of cliché plots or tropes?
What flashes through your mind's discerning eyes?
What do you feel when all you say are nopes
To every book that fails to give surprise?
What do you say to writers learning their ropes?
That nothing they can write will win the prize
Of your attentions? Silence dashes hopes
And nameless slander stains the world with lies!
(To be continued...)
A/N: The Strambotto is one of the oldest Italian forms of poetry, consisting of 6 or 8 lines of 11 syllables per line; there are three kinds of strambotto: the Sicilian, the Tuscan, and the Romano, each having a different rhyme scheme.
Meter: Hendecasyllabic (iambic pentameter, optional)
Rhyme:
(Sicilian) abababab
(Romano) ababccdd
(Tuscan) ababccdd or aabbccdd or (ottava rima) abababcc
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PoetryGenre: Poetry. Summary/Credits: This poem collection is for Warrior_Prophet's 99 Poem Challenge. Special thanks to cristinaaragon for making the book cover. All poems in this collection comprise of different poetry styles. Hope you enjoy! ( ^_^ ) St...
