Well, I can't really help you, the 5-7-5 is a complete mystery for me.
One of the hardest form of poetry that I know is the very classic, probably french, Alexandrin, a poem with rhymes of 12 syllabels each, always organised in multiples of 4 in the same paragraph. (4-8-12 lines per paragraph so to say).
Oh, and I forgot to say that after the 6th syllabel you must create a "cesure" = a break ( a "," or to stop the word, or the meaning of the sentence could be this cesure). But that's only in the case you want to make perfect Alexandrins (to humiliate you opponent in a poetry contest, but that's just an example).
Try you teeth on this one boys!
Let's the contest begin!
Good luck! (you gonna waste a lot of blank sheets on this one... )
well, i must say, i have no idea what you mean with that =)
so each line has 12 syllables? and every 6th syllable needs to end a line? or is it 4 syllables in the first 4 lines then a new verse with 4 lines with 8 syllables and then 4 more lines with 12 syllables?
couldnt find the poetry form in wikipedia so im not quite sure what you mean =) wanna make a example? just useing "HA"s? like
HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA, HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA, HA HA HA HA HA HA
"The Paramount Path of the Pale Proselyte Pegan is a Protracted Pursuit of Purification"-The Big M-
I’m very glad you accepted the challenge (not like some apprentice drag queen that we know but won’t say his name).
So here are some links that can help you understand the rules of Alexandrine. (I hope you’ll find the language that suits you best, I was not very sure so I linked two)
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandriner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrine
And here more information about my best friend DuBellay:
La Pléiade.
So here is my try, just for you Morde, to show an example.
You can’t imagine how I suffered in the last 30mn to give birth to this meagre avatar.
Joachim Dubellay, of the rhyme Emperor
I crown you for poems, laurels of my horror
Your old oak is now dead, the poison of this thread
On its majestuous head by your ill words was spread.
On your book I studied all these hours at school
Rather than this, gladly, I would drown in a pool
As time passed on sorrows I choose love as my fate
But for you Joachim what I feel is plain hate.
Not very good, I know, but can you wait from a French writting Alexandrine in English
that was damn awesome lise =)
I think i know what an alexandine is now =)
And thx for sending me to a danish thread, the words made less sence than english ones, i appriciate the though though =) even tho im norwegian the written language is much like danish =)
so i think ill try after work today
I'll blow your mind with a beautifull alexandrine.
But i still dont quite know the difference between a syllable and a sound. so it might get alittle wierd but i think i have the main idea =) thank you so much lise, that helped me out alot =)
This is my try at an alexandrine, i hope you like it =)
The wind is so chilly, my body freezes cold,
the time goes so slowly, spreading like evil mold.
I am sure I will die, when and where still unknown,
I will not go quiet, and neither go alone.
My boat gets loward down, in six feet of gravel,
never will i leave here, but still i will travel.
Leaving my home and go, leaving my dead mans chest,
I will not go quiet, for never shall I rest.
My destiny is locked, where I go, I know now.
the rest is up to me, for never shall i bow,
I will live my life full, untill my curse is lift,
I will not go quiet, for my life is my gift.
There you go, thats my try at the alexandrine, not sure if i did it right and some of the words might be out of place but kinda hard getting the syllables and rhymes right, and as i said, i dont know the difference between sounds and syllables Edited by Mordekay on 23-11-2007 09:09
"The Paramount Path of the Pale Proselyte Pegan is a Protracted Pursuit of Purification"-The Big M-
I'm sure it asked you a huge effort and a lot of time to write this poem.
I think we will all agree that alexandrine is the hardest form of poetry, but it creates a whole different way a wrtitting, and the result worths the effort, far deeper than free style.
The syllabels were fine (it is so perfect that I even wondered for one second if you stole it from a book ).
HAHAHA you make me blush =)
I am very proud of it =) i think im gonna send it to my old litterature teatcher maybe he will fancy it as well?
Your so kind lise
And when you say you love it i know it was worth the effort, anything for you me lady=)
Love,
M
"The Paramount Path of the Pale Proselyte Pegan is a Protracted Pursuit of Purification"-The Big M-
Jebus Morde and Lise, I find myself beaten, you are the king and queen of poetry, and morde i dont care if that meens you are a major fag, a giant gay, and a super duper cockoholic, i still love ya
Oi lise .. /kneel
Lewsterin Kinslayer
Proud member of The Blade Order.
-Gunslingers! To me!
-We will be tested this day fellas! Prove or Die!
Haha, being a girl gives me the benift of being a soft without being gay But i must say, i do like the girls
*laughing*
well, that might be an intern joke but i think its funny
"The Paramount Path of the Pale Proselyte Pegan is a Protracted Pursuit of Purification"-The Big M-
so back her i am sitting,
bored as hell, aint it fitting?
i have changed my name,
in the game,
no i am Invain,
the bringer of pain.
I want to play warcraft this noon,
i wish i could ding 70 soon.
I played fotball last night,
i feels like i have been in a fight,
my name is Invain,
the bringer of pain.
God i am so poetic,
acctuly it is pathetic,
I sit and work and troll the site,
poems and jokes is what i write,
i am Invain,
the bringer of pain!
So epic ending time,
with some cool ass rhyme,
it will come as a shock,
it will surly rock,
For this is Invain,
The bringer of pain.
this is the end,
what message will i send?
it must be cool,
and surtanly rule!
here it comes!
brace yourselfs!
see you later,
aligator.
"The Paramount Path of the Pale Proselyte Pegan is a Protracted Pursuit of Purification"-The Big M-
I played Classic until I was nearly level 60. It needs The Burning Crusade really for me though. I am lurking around Daggerspine again for a while, trying to get used to the changes lol
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maybe he will fancy it as well? 
