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My Thoughts
Shadows against pallid lighting,
hoping for an abstract sighting.
Tactile essence within the air,
you and me are ever the pair.
With pen to pad I keep writing,
nails into mouth I keep biting.
While peeking out the window bare,
it’s you it’s you I wish to snare.
© 2011 Philip N. Carcione
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Author's Notes/Comments:
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Poetry Form: Quintella
This is a Spanish form of eight syllable (Iambic Tetrameter) lines.
The rhyming scheme can vary in presentation ie:
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x b
x x x x x x x b
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x b
x x x x x x x b
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
etc
but only two consecutive lines may have the same rhyme scheme.
What Is Tetrameter?
"Tetrameter" means "four measures."
Verse written in tetrameter has four measures, which are also called feet. In English, the most common foot or measure is the iamb, which is a pair of syllables that follow this pattern: ta TUM. Iambic tetrameter has four such feet, for a total of eight syllables. A line of poetry written in iambic tetrameter if it follows this pattern:
ta TUM ta TUM ta TUM ta TUM.
