New poetic forms

A few years back I invented (or I think I did) the julain: A three-line poem of a set meter with the rhyme scheme xaa.

I have seen double julains of abb acc. And I’ve seen double julains of xaa xbb.

Today, I saw that someone on pffa had invented the julainnelle, a villanelle variation that uses julains for the individual stanzas: AbB baA abB bbA abB abAB. I actually think it works better than “regular” villanelles.

How about the julainnet? xaa xbb xcc xdd ee, or perhaps abb acc dee dff gg?

I think that has real possibilities.

One thought on “New poetic forms”

  1. I find the idea of the Julainnelle fascinating. Don’t think I could attempt to write one, mind, but I would like to read one.

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