The Quinoa-Grain of Rambutans
The Quinoa-grain of Rambutans is a poetic form originally devised by the elf Vuthila Babysatdendritic-Agate. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is divided into three distinct parts: two to three couplets, a septet and a tercet. Use of metaphor and simile is characteristic of the form. Forms of parallelism are common throughout the poem, in that certain lines are required to maintain phrasing and they sometimes have reversed word orders.
- The first part is solemn and intended to make an assertion. It has lines with two feet with a syllable weight pattern of long-long (quantitative spondaic dimeter). It has a terminal caesura in each line. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is AA.
- The second part is light and intended to make a counter-assertion. It has lines with three feet with a syllable weight pattern of long-long (quantitative spondaic trimeter). The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is BBBAABB.
- The third part is dramatic and intended to synthesize previous ideas. It has lines with five feet with a syllable weight pattern of long-long (quantitative spondaic pentameter). The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is BCC.
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