Tyburn poetry contest
Poetry Contest
A six line poem consisting of 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9 syllables.
The first four lines rhyme or near rhyme and are all descriptive words. The last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.
Example 1
Sowing
Hoeing
Growing
Mowing
Planting gardens, sowing, hoeing grounds.
Sunshine keeps all growing, mowing mounds.
-Marion Gibson.
Example 2
Minor
Kinder
Finer
Rhymer
Caretaker of minor, kinder rhymes.
Tender heart of finer, rhymer times.
-Yance Lee Dalton
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