Brian Strand Poet Tetractys

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 September 7, 2021 at 12:53 PM Interesting! Brian Strand September 7, 2021 at 2:30 PM Yes a more difficult form than it appears Kim in its original form

Sara Kendrick September 7, 2021 at 6:09 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 September 7, 2021 at 6:35 AM Yes the key truth of being a poet..the impulsion to poetuze..come what may

Andrea Dietrich September 6, 2021 at 8:27 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 September 6, 2021 at 8:34 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