Octain
Refrain
His Ignored
Lifespan
He
ignored his poisoned lifespan
Inviting the vertical glare,
the torments he denied to spare
And towards the unknown he ran.
His dream went blind; love ate his mind.
His fate’s retreat contrived the plan
Moments of scare, he liked to dare
He ignored his poisoned lifespan.
18 September, 2011
This Octain
Refrain, was invented by a poet from the United Kingdom,
Luke Prater". The form Structure contains eight lines as two
tercets and a couplet, eight syllables per line with the
first line repeated (as much as possible) as the last. The
Meter is iambic or trochaic tetrameter, but it is fine to
just count eight syllables per line for those who prefer
that. The rhyme scheme:
a-c/c-a
b-A
(A = repeated refrain line. c/c refers to line five
having mid line (internal) rhyme which is different to
the a- and b-rhymes. Any extra mid line rhyme is a
bonus)
Here is the link
to Luke Prater's version of an
Octain.
