Monotetra

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Monotetra is an invented stanzaic form found at several sites on the internet including Random Writerly Thoughts . It was created by Michael Walker. As you may have guessed from the name the form is mono-rhymed and written in tetrameter.

The defining features of the Monotetra are:

1. stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains.
2. metric, iambic tetrameter. 
3. rhymed, each stanza is mono rhymed aaa(A/A) bbb(B/B) ccc(C/C) etc. 
4. L4 is composed with a dimeter refrain that is repeated within the line, like an echo.

   Mono y Mono by Judi Van Gorder
   
   I weary writing mono-rhyme
   and tetrameter trips in time.
   I wish to write of grit and grime
   with words sublime, with words sublime.

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