Tinker Posted May 24, 2009 Posted May 24, 2009 Explore the Craft of Writing PoetryOverview of Chinese Verse with IndexSsu Yen Shih from the Lu Shi code verse could seem a bit terse in English because of it's short lines. The Four Syllable Verse from Drury's poe-try dic-tion-ar-y is possibly the same or a variation of the Ssu Yen Shih. The elements of Ssu Yen Shih are: written no more than 3 quatrains of 4 character lines, usually only 1 quatrain. composed of mono syllable words with caesura after the 2nd word. rhymed, rhyme scheme xaxa xbxb etc x being unrhymed. craft by judi van gorder lu shi, code verse change tone, switch pitch one line, four words please soul, scratch itch Other Lu Shi Ch'I Yen Shih Wu Yen Shih Chueh Chu ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com
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