Quintain Poetry: Two Older Rhyme Schemes

Here are a two rhyme schemes for those writing quintain poems.

I do research into Quintain Poetry.

Spanish Quintain (Quintilla)

ABBAA

ABBAA Spanish Q #862, 1465, 1485, 1575, # 1666, 1800, 2211

Spanish Quintain Rhyme Scheme Prosody

A. Two aphorisms and bourbon on the rocks.
B. Two witticisms and whipped cream on the pie.
B. Two comparisons that catch the keen eye.
A. Two images that knock off your socks.
A. Two contrasts that leave some shocked.
- Mike Garofalo, # 1465

There are other rules and options for the
Quintilla form in the Spanish language.

English Quintain

ABABB

Examples:

ABABB English Q #726, 1197, 1498

English Quintain Rhyme Scheme Prosody

A. Colored flashes in the window pane
B. Christmas lights glowing red and green.
A. The homeless man has no name,
B. Sits in cold dark tent unseen,
B. Wearing a sock cap of red and green.
- Mike Garofalo, # 726 

English Quintain: "The English quintain follows a rhyme scheme of ABABB, in which the final two lines form a rhyming couplet. Though an English quintain requires an ABABB rhyming pattern, there is no established foot or measure." Example:

"In the golden lightning
Of the sunken sun,
O'er which clouds are bright'ning,
Thou dost float and run;
Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun."
- Percy Bysshe Shelley

There are other rules and options for the
English Quintain form in the English language.

Bundled Up - Quintains: Volume 1, 1 - 1,000

Bundled Up - Quintains: Volume 2, 1,000 - 1,500

Bundled Up - Quintains: Volume 3, 1,500 - 2,000

Bundled Up - Quintains: Volume 4, 2,000 - 2,500

Bundled Up - Quintains: Volume 5, 2,500 - 3,000

 

Poetry by Michael P. Garofalo

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