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True Tetractys

Eye poems displaying a shapely form, exempting audition from needless stress. The challenge with the tetractys form is that each line is required 'to stand on its own ' and yet it the poem is to express a complete thought,within the narrow compass of 20 syllables. Copy Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/7/2021 12:53:00 PM

Interesting!

Brian Strand
Date: 9/7/2021 2:30:00 PM

Yes a more difficult form than it appears Kim in its original form

Sara Kendrick

Date: 9/7/2021 6:09:00 AM

Good one. I like that last line. The stress of it being read to be like or not to be liked that is the question. Thanks for your visit to my page. Sara

Brian Strand
Date: 9/7/2021 6:35:00 AM

Yes the key truth of being a poet..the impulsion to poetuze..come what may

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/6/2021 8:27:00 AM

You are so good at anlyzing poetry. I rarely analyze. I just look and enjoy! (I do notice ones with great patterning and message, and this one displays those things)

Brian Strand
Date: 9/6/2021 8:34:00 AM

Andrea the true tetractys is a challenge otherwise it is just a syllabic number game ,which is all too easy& sadly not a tetractys