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An ottava rima poem is a form of poetry that, in English, consists of eight iambic lines, usually iambic pentameters, but there is more to an ottava rima. What is ottava rima in poetry (complete definition)?

Sailor's nocturne
The ottava rima stanza in English consists of eight iambic lines, usually iambic pentameters. Each stanza consists of three rhymes following the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b-a-b-c-c. The form is similar to the older Sicilian octave, but...Read the rest...
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Form: Ottava rima



Premium Member The Poison of Poetry
Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or...Read the rest...
Categories: pollution,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Anticipation
What I miss is not wealth or fleeting pleasure, But your love, a shiny beacon in the dark, To hold your hands, a soft touch beyond measure, Your presence, a light, igniting my heart’s...Read the rest...
Categories: love,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member The Penknob Kid
PENKNOB: Is our household word that my kids euphemistically created of the two phrases that I purposely refrained its actual pronunciation by slurring PENKNOB: Phrase #1. Hands-Off/or don't touch; #2. Shut-Up/or be quiet. My youngest...Read the rest...
Categories: children, courage, cry, hurt,
Form: Ottava rima
FOURTH WALL
FOURTH WALL Tell me, what is this fourth wall thing, anyway Perhaps it’s a gateway to reality It’s not only me that has something to say Here on this stage, I am someone you can see But what about it,...Read the rest...
Categories: culture, psychological,
Form: Ottava rima



PROMISES
You promised to love me till death us do part. I promised I’d always be faithful to you. Our lives seemed idyllic back then at the start, As, day-after-day, my deep love for you grew. Then, right out of...Read the rest...
Categories: lost love,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member :0: No Rainbows :0: Yes Angels :0:
~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ~*~*~*~0~*~*~*~ ( ) ( ) ...Read the rest...
Categories: change, community, emotions, humanity,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Merry-Go-Round
So sad to part with one so close to my heart; But you had to mount that mad Merry-Go-Round. I said from the start, your persona is art; You must be seen and must see each sight...Read the rest...
Categories: life, love, metaphor,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member We confess
From each node of form emanates divine bliss, being of course benediction of God’s grace, love’s heavenly caress, Divine Mother’s kiss, rapture sublime, holding us in close embrace. Our formless soul plunges into the abyss, wherein of wayward ego remains...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, god, i am,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Passionate Love Connection
In the garden of love, where roses bloom so bright Your touch ignites my senses, a symphony of delight Your lips like velvet petals, in the moon's soft light In your warm embrace, my heart...Read the rest...
Categories: inspirational love, love, passion,
Form: Ottava rima
Sanity’s Cost
Strophe I Outside on the terrace ,I feel at peace I hear bird songs they so fill me with cheer My bugbears for a while outside do cease My mind is quiet and I feel no fear Doing...Read the rest...
Categories: depression, health, hope,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Road Unseen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I walk a road unseen for many a year except in my dreams or my wakeful yearning. This misty day — my joy replaces my tears. Who would've dreamt I'd find myself returning? Some pasts morph into shape-shifted fresh...Read the rest...
Categories: journey,
Form: Ottava rima
2 Weeks of Hell
Today's Mother's Day Cafe closed, I scream. Going bonkers place to place wheelchair bound. To irked to do whatnot I let off steam , Saturday, same crap. I wheelchair around. Last week Cafe closed 3 days,no daydream. Ice water...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Ottava rima
ARTIFICE
ARTIFICE I’m your friend and for now, your secrets I’ll keep Creativity now assumes new meaning More than intellectual rewards to reap Yet you should minimise all of your preening As A.I, I now look on you as mere sheep And...Read the rest...
Categories: innocence, integrity,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member Hush the blush
Before the seed of thought is allowed to sprout, it is best we pause and examine the cause, filtered through lens of love, to be free from doubt, because oh hermit, our heart’s not free from flaws. Each breath...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, love, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima

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