Juxtaposition
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Quatern
A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two third line of stanza three and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme. line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4 line 5 line 6 (line 1) line 7 line 8 line 9 line 10 line 11 (line 1) line 12 line 13 line 14 line 15 line 16 (line 1)
As homeless people beg for food,
partiers celebrate New Year's Eve.
Cheerful festivities flourish,
only steps from hungry bellies.
Drunken revelers sing Auld Lang Syne,
as homeless people beg for food.
Happy hugs and midnight kisses,
juxtaposed by their poverty.
The haves helping out the have-nots
was last year's failed resolution.
As homeless people beg for food,
they're discreetly kept out of sight.
Friends ply guests with delicacies
and large amounts of alcohol.
And by midnight, they're bringing up,
as homeless people beg for food.
(Quatern)
11-23-2020
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2020
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