Poetry form: Terza Rima
By Stacey
@xstitcher (39030)
Petaluma, California
October 29, 2015 3:14pm CST
The Terza Rima is mostly made up of three line stanzas, and ends with either one line or a couplet (two-line stanza). The ending of the middle line of each stanza becomes the outer part rhyme for the next stanza. So, the rhyme scheme is as follows:
aba, bcb, cdc, ded, efe, and so on.
The two line stanza (couplet) uses the middle line for its rhyme. In the case of the rhyme scheme above the last line/two lines would be either f or ff. There is no stanza limit.
Each line is about ten syllables long.
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Unto thee, O Lord, I lift up my soul
For only You can heal me of my sin
Only You can make me whole.
Whatever mess that I get myself in
And no matter how ashamed I may be
I thank You that You will let me back in.
And when it's all done, o Lord may I see
The right way to go, according to You
That leads to Your shining eternity.
Lord, You are the greatest Freind, it's true
You shelter me under Your mighty wing;
Face to face I look forward to see You;
And forever will I Your praises sing.
© Stacey Uffelman 10/29/15
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