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Ottava Rima
How do you write it? An Ottava Rima is a poem composed of eight lines that have an ababababcc rhyme scheme for the first stanza, and dededeff for the next, the rhyme scheme keeps going down the alphabet until you can no longer rhyme. Each line should contain either 10 or 11 syllables. You can make a single octive (eight line stanza) or multiple, it's up to you. In these eight lines attempt to make a coherent story, it can be fiction or non-fiction. If you do not understand how to create it from my description try checking out the rules on this website: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/ottavarima.html I will post an example for reference.

Historia

Adrift patrolling lost metropolis,

Truth speakers, molotov flingers, pyre blaze

Guides, frontier away from necropolis,

Sects at play, corporate council assays

Rotting republic,freedom nebulous,

Borders plentiful, robes royal displays

Revealing defeat unknown, a beacon,

Far north lights burn, chaos does not weaken.

Astro travelling murder bound, no sound,

4 a.m. streetlights warp as I pass by,

Worn eyes dilate, strangers inbound, background

Electric,skyscrapers eclectic, sly

Spy eccentric,soon I’ll leave, there, nearby

Where truth speakers lie, escape underground,

Hypersonic trains awake, now farewell

Historia, tortured gem, boosters yell.

Through mute realms I trek passing time worn fools,

Youthless Ark ventures forth, warring kids clash,

Heirs of rotten legacies,feasting ghouls

Unleashed like murderous pups, city ash

Reaches bountiful frontiers, new jewels

Prosper without you, your future their cache,

Out I go seeking a better mission,

In time they battle, a lost transmission.

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