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- Embed this noticePoetry-lovers, I would like some assistance.
What poetic form would you associate with the classical Greek and Classical Chinese elements (earth, water, wood, metal, fire, and air)? And which form would you associate with "light magic" or "divine magic"?
Here's what I'm thinking:
Fire - Petrarchan sonnet (ABBAABBACDECDE); lay a foundation of quatrain wood for an enlightening conclusion
Metal - Villanelle; repeating refrain and solid structure emulates the solidity and geometric nature of refined metals
Air - not sure yet...
Earth - not sure yet...
Wood - Spenserian stanza; sing-songy and easily fashioned into a multi-stanza poem like a forest pushing out its borders
Water - Shakespearean sonnet; ebb and flow in first three quatrains finishing with a couplet like the break of a wave on shore
Divine - not sure...
Other poetic forms to consider are rhyme royal, haiku, and alliterative verse like early Anglo-Saxon and later Scandinavian poetry. I was thinking Air would be Haiku (light and transient). I was also thinking of using Rhyme Royal for Divine/light and possibly using the perfect sonnet form (ABBAABBACDCDEE) for water.
I would prefer to keep this to forms that work well in English; I'm hesitant to use Haiku or other forms measured by syllables instead of metric feet like Chinese poetry. I would also prefer to steer clear of super complex forms like the rondeau.
Any thoughts?
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