The form called an abecedarian is an ancient one, found in early religions texts and developed and experimented with in many languages. In English based abecedarians, notice how the letters a, b, c, and d form the pattern for the name of this term: abecedarian. In a traditional acrostic-like abecedarian, the letters at the beginning […]
How to Write a Pantoum, Part 2: Examples
These examples of the pantoum show how the form lends itself to telling a story. Many of the pantoums used as examples here, focus on a specific moment of history. What story do you have or want to tell? Is the pantoum a way to express it? Pantoum Beginning and Ending with Thorns by Oliver De […]
Poetic Form: How to Write a Pantoum, Part 1
The pantoum is four stanzas of four lines each, integrating eight repeated lines in a specific order. (In other words, the pantoum we are exploring is 16 lines long.) Note there are variations. We are using a classic form. Here, is the pattern of the repeated lines are Line A through Line H: Stanza 1 […]
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