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Quinquerne
A chapter in the book Commentary and Philosophy
I Held a Stone
by Treischel
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This poem is a Quinquerne. A Quinquerne is a creation of Fanstorian, Pantygynt (Jim Bartlett). It uses ten syllables per line of iambic pentameter. The Quinquerne, as its name suggests, works in multiples of five - five Quintrains of enveloping rhyme (two around three), with the first line, repeated as a refrain line cascading line by line through each Quintrain. The rhyme scheme which, unlike the Quatern, is essential with this form. The rhyme scheme is
Abbba, cAaac, daAad, eaaAe, afffA, where the capital letter indicates the repeated line.
Feminine endings may be employed, but would not, however, be stipulated as a requirement of the form.
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