Students’ Poetic Creativity
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Terza Rime [ter'za ree'-ma], n: A verse form of Italian origin consisting of tercets of 10 or 11 syllables with the middle line rhyming with the first and third lines of the following tercet.
I’ve always wanted to write a terza rhyme,
but now it has been months and weeks and days
and I have not been able to find the time.
Finally, while weaving through life’s long maze,
I have come upon this long-awaited chance
to write one now and see who it will daze.
Why must Bob make mincemeat of innocent cats?
He blasts and batters them with things volatile;
The unsuspecting felines are pancak’d flat.
These dasterdly deeds are purely infantile;
No benefit comes from harming these creatures,
Though to spring upon them, Bob must be agile.
Every day I travel to my big school,
And I must stay for hours each tedious day,
Not even sitting on a decent stool.
I would much rather sit in some fluffy hay,
Although it would cause me to tickle and itch.
Maybe I would rather go sail in a bay.
Polka dots and stripes are cool!
The patterns they make are very nice.
They make all your clothing rule.
Polka dots show up on dice,
You get red stripes from a duel,
You should paint polka dots on mice!
The Terza Rime scheme may be quite handsome.
Though Italy has rhymes in abundance,
In English finding such pairs is toilsome
I’d much rather read a medieval romance
Written in regular alliteration
Rather the students, too, rich in acceptance
Leaving complex rhyme causes celebration;
On to vulgar satire and similar sound;
Easier to read, to grasp; thus: elation!
Read and enjoy, then write one and earn renoun.
