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Tetractys the form

Ray Stebbing

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teeters

gracefully

on tiny feet -

as any ballerina, light and neat
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Submitted by brian_s on October 17, 2017

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 67
Words 13
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 1
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Ray Stebbing

The tetractys poetic form was devised by the English poet,the late Ray Stebbing as a grammatical 20 syllable verse of 5 lines.Syllable sequence 1,2,3,4 & 10.The challenge is to express a complete thought,profound or comic,witty or wise within the 20 syllables.The tetractys can be doubled or inverted. more…

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