new form every day... Common Measure (day 17 of 365 in 365)

2011-01-17 13:37

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THE DREAM CONTINUES

One hundred years after freedom
Dr King shared his dream
set the standard for nonviolence
society redeem

A dream of peaceful harmony
this thing should not be strange
so now let's keep the dream alive
to bring permanent change



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


Common Measure

This is a multi stanza form consisting of three rhymes alternating with Iambic Tetrameter, (4 feet) and Iambic Trimeter, (3 feet).

This gives a suggested pattern of:
x X x X x X x a
x X x X x b
x X x X x X x c
x X x X x b


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Common metre or Common measure[1], abbreviated C. M., is a poetic meter consisting of four lines which alternate between iambic tetrameter (four metrical feet per line, with each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable) and iambic trimeter (three metrical feet per line, with each foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable), rhyming in the pattern a-b-a-b. It has historically been used for ballads such as Tam Lin, and hymns such as Amazing Grace and the Christmas carol O Little Town of Bethlehem. It has also been used for Advance Australia Fair, the national anthem of Australia.



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