Atarlis Fileata

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Atarlis Fileata (a-ar-lee fee-lay-ah-tay), which is Gaelic for "repeating poetic" is a stanzaic verse which doesn't seem to adhere to the standards of the ancient Irish forms. So I can only assume this is a more recent invented form, possibly the creation of Cathy at Mosaic Musings although she doesn't indicate it as such.

The elements of the Atarlis Fileata are:

1. stanzaic, written in any number of septets but each septet must be able to stand alone, therefore a narrative would not be appropriate.
2. measured by number of words not syllables or metric feet with 2-3-4-5-4-3-2 words per line.
3. rhymed, A B a x a B A.
4. composed with a refrain, L1 is repeated as L7 and L2 is repeated as L6,

   Heat of Autumn by Judi Van Gorder
   
   Colors turn
   warm my view
   while damp leaves burn
   and toast my frigid fingers
   send thoughts to churn
   warm my view
   colors turn

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