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Go Away!
Away with sidewalk children’s chalk pictures
Their dragons, red wagons, and undersea creatures
I haven’t the time for word games like Scrabble
I must carry on with without Psychobabble
The taxing of mental and fiscal audacity
Burdens processes and wallets capacity
I must not slow down to dibble and dabble
I must carry on with without Psychobabble
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2007-07-26 05:32:18 · 6 answers · asked by TD Euwaite? 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
The Kyrielle consists of any number of 4-line stanzas. In modern usage, the first 3 lines are iambic tetra, octa or pentameter. The 4th line is a refrain, repeated in each verse. They usually rhyme in English, a,a,b,B/c,c,b,B.
2007-07-26 05:35:10 · update #1
WOW Cinnamon!
2007-07-26 06:48:03 · update #2
I'm not sure why this form combined with an experience to inspire this, but here it is. Thanks again, TD!
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The Almost
When gentle slumber comes not fast,
though day's last light has long since past,
the moments stretch my tired mind
with thoughts I cannot leave behind.
He laughed and ran, though called to stop,
and from the curb went on to drop
while I watched coming car unkind
with thoughts I cannot leave behind.
The driver, startled, stopped before
the tiny form could be no more -
but even so, my dreams still bind
with thoughts I cannot leave behind.
2007-07-26 07:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We sang one of Mozart's "Kyrie Eleison" in choir and it is beautiful. A praise poem seems appropriate to the form so let's see how you like this one.
This challenge is the best today,
and with my friends I choose to play.
I'll try to write a Kyrielle,
so sound the drum and ring the bell!
Unto my Lord I write these words.
Who made the chirping of the birds?
The Lord of Earth, and Heav'n as well,
so sound the drum and ring the bell!
And I shall be the one to say,
when lyricists come out in May,
no better game is there to tell,
so sound the drum and ring the bell!
The sound of Praise shall calm the beast.
The sound of Praise shall not be ceased.
My soul is won from burning Hell,
so sound the drum and ring the bell!
2007-07-26 13:36:20 · answer #2 · answered by Cinnibuns 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I did not know of "Kyrielle"
'Til Wikipedia did tell.
I didn't know, but now I see
This wondrous form of poetry!
The Kyrielle is all around
In hymns, as songs of praise abound.
In churches, lives abundantly,
This wondrous form of poetry!
I'll thank you for your question here.
To Kyrielle I'll lend my ear;
And now, here's an attempt from me:
This wondrous form of poetry!
Eight syllables are oft the norm.
The ten you use do not conform,
But e'en with ten it still can be
This wondrous form of poetry!
I like that form, I now know well
I have a love for Kyrielle!
I'll read and write o'er land and sea
This wondrous form of poetry!
2007-07-26 12:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Here's one from 1835 (a pretty standard form in Anglican Hymnody all the way back to the Tudors, anything you put to this 88,86 will pretty much be a kyrielle)
O thou, the contrite sinners' Friend
O thou the contrite sinner's friend,
who, loving, lov'st them to the end,
on this alone my hopes depend:
that thou wilt plead for me.
When, weary in the Christian race,
far off appears my resting-place,
and, fainting, I mistrust thy grace,
then, Savior, plead for me.
When I have erred and gone astray
afar from thine and wisdom's way,
and see no glimmering, guiding ray,
still, Savior, plead for me.
When Satan, by my sins made bold,
strives from thy cross to loose my hold,
then with thy pitying arms enfold,
and plead, O plead for me!
And when my dying hour draws near,
o'ercast with sorrow, pain and fear,
then to my fainting sight appear,
pleading in heaven for me.
Words: Charlotte Elliott, 1835
2007-07-27 01:11:00 · answer #4 · answered by Fr. Al 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name “Kyrielle” comes from a church liturgy, the Kyrie Eleison, which features repetition of the line, “Lord, have mercy upon us.”
Thomas Campion, a contemporary of Shakespeare, wrote a song typical of the period.
A Lenten Hymn
With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry:
Thy pard’ning grace is rich and free:
O God, be merciful to me.
I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscious guilt oppress,
Christ and His cross my only plea:
O God, be merciful to me.
Far off I stand with tearful eyes,
Nor dare uplift them to the skies;
But Thou dost all my anguish see;
O God, be merciful to me.
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2007-07-26 13:06:35 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a really good way to rhyme psychobabble, but not really something that I would stitch on a sampler to hang above the fireplace.
2007-07-26 12:35:58 · answer #6 · answered by Sweet n Sour 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋