‘Z’= ZaniLa Rhyme

The twenty-sixth form of Poetry in my A2Z Challenge is ZaniLa Rhyme. The ZaniLa Rhyme, a form created by Laura Lamarca, consists 4 lines per stanza.The rhyme scheme for this form is abcb and a syllable count of 9/7/9/9 per stanza.Line 3 contains internal rhyme and is repeated in each odd numbered stanza.Even stanzas contain the same line …

‘Y’= Yadu

The twenty-fifth form of Poetry in my A2Z Challenge is Yadu. The yadu is a Burmese climbing-rhyme verse. Each of the stanzas —up to three in all— has 5 lines. The first four lines have 4 syllables each, and the last one can have 5, 7, 9, or 11 syllables. The last two lines rhyme in the …

X= Xenophanic

The twenty-fourth form of Poetry in my A2Z Challenge is Xenophanic. Taken from Xenophanes, the wandering poet of classical Greece, the phrase refers to wandering poets who utilize satire and witticism.https://bookriot.com/poetry-terminology/ I enjoyed writing for this form of poetry in satire according to its rules. Hope I did justice to the poetry form. So here …

‘W’= Wayra

The twenty-third form of Poetry in my A2Z Challenge is Wayra. The Wayra (Quechua – wind) is a popular verse form of Peru and Bolivia. It appears it originated in an indigenous Quechua language but has found its way into Spanish literature. It is a short syllabic verse form found at Vole Central and some other sites …

‘V’= Villanelle

The twenty-second form of Poetry in my A2Z Challenge is Villanelle. The villanelle is a highly structured poem made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain, with two repeating rhymes and two refrains.Rules of the Villanelle FormThe first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeated alternately in the last lines of the …