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Wyatt-Chicken Feed
Wyatt's alexandrine combined a rhyming fourteen
To introduce a novel verse,to the poetry scene;
For we poets he bequeathed this literary treasure
In couplet of iambs,some christen a 'poulter's measure'.
Note:Thomas Wyatt(1503-42) used over 70 different stanza forms,but now is best known for
this poulter's measure form(couplets of 12 syllables,alternating with 14,often used for serious
statements or for burlesque.
I label this quatrain version a 'wyatt'
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Brian Strand
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