The Power of Song

by Treischel

The Power of Song
(A Double Acrostic Cleaved Petrarchan Sonnet/Rondeau)
(Also an If/Then Poem)

Read the red poem first, then the blue, and then finally, the whole thing from left to right

If Then
Petrarchan Sonnet Rondeau

If men were witty Troubadours      Then women would listen 'til dawn
From music they'd soothe any soul Held as if magically drawn
Mastered, they could really control Each note as it hung in the air
Ethereal charms at its core    New, delivered with nimble flair
Nothing like it, ever before    With words reflected seldom on
Would seem to caress and cajole      Over themes that Angels could spawn
Even though there's a simple goal    Moving gracefully as a swan
Released as the syllables soar    Every movement beyond compare
Eliciting wanton desires Now women would

Will women respond to a man   With only the words put upon
In ways that ignite carnal fires      Over flames considered long gone
To swoon as the music inspires      Undone by the light and the glare
That captures their attention span Like a pigeon trapped in his snare
Yielding to whom she now admires      Drawn forth by the lure of his song
Then women would.

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Just saying that women respond to music. Troubadours had the life!

Written as inspired by Pantygynt's Poem, The Sirelei Songs.

This poem is a Double Acrostic Cleaved Petrarchan Sonnet/Rondeau in an If/Then Format.
There are actually five different poetic formats amalgamated in this poem: an Acrostic, a Cleave, A Petrachan Sonnet, a Rondeau, and an If/Then Poem.
An Acrostic poem is one where the first letter of every line spells out a word or phrase vertically down the front of the poem. This is a Double Acrostic, because there are two separate poems, each with their own phrase. The two poems are color-coded so that the reader can see them more easily. The Acrostic phrases have been bolded with enlarged letters, for the same reason.
The red side is a Petrarchan or Italian Sonnet with the rhyme scheme of:
abbaabba, cdccdc
in mixed tetameter. The red Acrostic reads: IF MEN WERE WITTY. The blue Acrostic reads: THEN WOMEN WOULD. The right hand blue poem is a Rondeau in mixed tetrameter, save for the repeated line which is in dimeter. The rhyme scheme here is:
aabba, aabR, aabbaR.
A Cleaved poem is a poem that is read in two halves, each being a poem in itself, then read as one complete poem.
An If/Then poem is one that poses an If-Then hypothesis of cause and effect.

Punctuation is limited as it would differ depending on which poem is being read. I took some license with the meter. Read intelligently, it will all make sense eventually.

This photograph was taken by the author himself on January 21, 2016, of a guitar candle we have, being Elvis fans.

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A Double Acrostic Cleaved Petrarchan Sonnet/Rondeau

A chapter in the book Little Poems

The Power of Song

by Treischel

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