Author: Artaxerxes
Image: Enjoying the Fun Together (here)
A Mirrored Refrain
The poem is formed by three or more quatrains (four lines) where two lines within the quatrain are the “mirrored refrain”
The rhyme scheme is as follows: xaBA, xbAB, xaBA, xbAB, etc..
x represents the only lines that do not rhyme within the poem.
A and B represent the refrain.
they drive you round the bend (x)
with peals of simple laughter (a)
running around you full of energy (B)
to enjoy taunting you to no end (A)
with pens shoved hard like needles (x)
whenever they need to touch you (b)
to enjoy taunting you to no end (A)
running around you full of energy (B)
unwittingly you go along with the fun (x)
to invoke the child in you thereafter (a)
running around you full of energy (B)
to enjoy taunting you to no end (A)
just as you are getting worked up (x)
they pull away so you'll crave it too (b)
to enjoy taunting you to no end (A)
running around you full of energy (B)
Note: Hank finds it convenient to label
the stanzas even though it is not necessary
Grace at d'Verse Poetry Forms:
with a Mirrored Refrain
Just enjoy the fun while it last Hank! Thanks for joining in.
ReplyDelete"to invoke the child in you."
ReplyDeletehaha - a fun refrain that drives the poem round the bend.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy life's moments Hank...stay safe
Living in the moment instead of thinking outside of it--that's brilliant how you portray it here, Hank. I loved these lines:
ReplyDelete"unwittingly you go along with the fun
to invoke the child in you thereafter"
Child's play is the best play when it invokes the inner child of us all. :)
From simple fun in the first stanza, there is a subtle change in the second. The contrast in the refrain works beautifully.
ReplyDeleteRound and round they go, where they stop we don't know! Now I'm dizzy!
ReplyDeleteThe joys of childhood has simple enjoyment -- that sometimes spills over onto the adults in the vicinity. Their joy can definitely be contagious. Nice poem.
ReplyDeleteIt's cute that Hank labelled the stanzas :-D This was great fun to read!
ReplyDeleteFun poem that brings back an old game.
ReplyDeleteGreat to read Hank, sorry for the latness in commenting.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.