Contest Description
THIS CONTEST WILL HAVE MULTIPLE PLACEMENTS.
What to submit ? NEW AND DATED
Definition
A roundel consists of nine lines each having the same number of syllables, plus a refrain after the third line and after the last line.
9 lines plus a refrain x 2 = 11 lines
Roundel's have three stanzas with a rhyme scheme is as follows:
A
B
A
Refrain- No Rhyme required
A B
B or A
A B
A
B
A
Refrain no rhyme required
I have an example poem called, One Last Tear For Love, mine is a double Roudel using the same refrain in each, which you can do also or just do one Ballad. Your choice.
Note:
The Ballad can be done in a few different ways, for this contest do as above, please.
Themes and the theme chosen is your title
1. My Eternal Grief
2. A Childhood Memory
3. I Love Nature
4. A Funny Roundel
At the bottom put date written, contest and sponsor
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I DO THESE CHALLENGES FOR THE JOY AND LOVE OF POETRY, FOR THE SHARING OF POEMS AND TO GIVE POETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY NEW FORMS , TO LEARN AND IMPROVE THEIR WRITING.