new form every day... Ballade (day 8 of 365 in 365)

2011-01-08 05:53

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NIGHT TO DAWN


there comes an ending to each day
this is just how it has to be
twinkling of stars as sun's away
from his duty now he is free
but will return eventually
when he has his shift again on
to wake the birds within the tree
as night falls and returns to dawn

as dusk had covered pitch and hay
the cow and flow'r and bumblebee
and to each other we all say
this parting is so bittersweet
let's make sure rest is complete
as slumber again finds its spawn
within us all till next we meet
as night falls and returns to dawn

it's not a rhythm we betray
as sure as tides within the sea
the stars come out in their array
so similar for you and me
no matter where on earth are we
when all time's changes next are gone
no matter what that time may be
as night falls and returns to dawn


day will change to night by degree
and slowly we will find our yawn
until sleeps end dream in beauty
as night falls and returns to dawn



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From: http://www.thepoetsgarret.com/list.html

Ballade

The Ballade as its name suggests is a French form and along with the Rondeau was one of the first forms to be standardised in the 14th cetury. Written in syllabic prosody of any one line length, the original French forms were octosyllabic, but now decasyllable is more common, and iambic tetrameter etc; are just as acceptable.

The construction is 28 lines which are divided into three octave stanzas and an envoi.
The rhyme and pattern do not change. It turns around on only three rhymes.and as is common with most French forms. The last line of each stanza is a refrain. The Ballade has a rhyme pattern of: a, b, a, b, b, c, b, C and the envoy b, c, b, C.

(FYI, an envoi in a poem is a short closing stanza in certain verse forms, such as the ballade or sestina, dedicating the poem to a patron or summarizing its main ideas. And yes, I had to look that up! :-P)



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