HOW MANY BONES IN THE BODY ( An Octain refrain)
Poem Title : How many bones in the body? (Octain)
Poem 213 B
This form is called Octain (Octain Refrain), invented by Luke Prater.
The form Structure –
eight lines as two tercets and a couplet, eight syllables per line with the first line repeated (as much as possible) as the last. Meter is iambic or trochaic tetrameter, but fine to just count eight syllables per line for those who prefer that.
Rhyme scheme -
A-b-b
a-c/c-a
b-A
(A = repeated refrain line. c/c refers to line five having midline (internal) rhyme (taking /shaking
In this case), which is different to the a -and b-rhymes. Any extra midline is a bonus)
HOW MANY BONES in the BODY?
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How many bones in the body. ?
Can I write an Octain refrain ?
Now let me think hard once again.
Spending a lifetime in study.
Pains taking or just bone shaking.
Thinking with a brain that`s muddy.
Arthritis is a cause of pain.
How many bones in the body ?
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Written by Philip .
February 3rd 2012.
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And the answer is …... an average of Two-hundred and six.
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Good execution of a difficult form.
206? I'm going out, right now, to play that number.☺
Ah, too lovely! Aye, pains...they but teased in youth, and then we began (I know, under forty is still too young still it began in my late twenties) to taste their determination damping our lives as age declared itself. La. Fascinating and delightful tribute with wonderful imagery.