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he class will be run as a workshop with some lecture. Part of each session will deal with the definition of a form for the next week, with examples--I will be looking to you for some research here. I will assign one or two of you each time to bring in examples of the next form. The rest of the time will be given over to a discussion of your work.
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List of form assignments, in order:
1. General scansion exercise.
2. Anglo-Saxon prosody
Anglo-Saxon; 8 lines for us; 4-beat lines with caesura and
linked alliteration.
3. Kyrielle
French, syllabic; 8 lines for us; quatrains, with end refrain
rhyme).
4. Terza rima
Italian, accentual syllabic; 11 lines for us; triplets, interlocking
rhyme).
5. Sapphics
Greek; 12 lines for us; accentual syllabic, unrhymed, 11
syllable line, odd quatrains).
6. Rondeau
French, syllabic; 12 or 15 lines; 2 rhymes and a repeated
refrain).
7. Sonnet
Italian or English; 14 lines; accentual syllabic.
8. Villanelle
French, syllabic; 19 lines, rhyme, refrains.
9. Sestina
French, syllabic; 39 lines; end word sequence pattern (envoi).
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