The Madrigal (pronounced mah-drig-gal) is a short lyrical verse normaĺly with a love theme but must be complementary.
The Italian madrigal has either seven,eight or eleven syllables per line. It can contain two or three tercets, followed by one or two rhyming couplets. The rhyme scheme is of the poets choice
There are two main types of English Madrigal but neither can be regarded as the definitive categorisation of this form.
The Madrigal arribruted to Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) often called Short English Madrigal has thirteen lines. It is typically written in iambic pentameter xX xX xX xX xX.
The poem has three stanzas; a tercet, quatrain, and sestet. The first three lines (the opening tercet) are refrains.
The poem rhyme scheme is:
A,B1, B2
a, b, A, B1
a, b, b, A, B1, B2
The English Madrigal as written by William Drummond (1585-1649) has at least six and up to fourteen lines containing either six or ten syllables. The first line always has six syllables.
The poem rhyme schemes is of the poets choice
Eg. abcabddccee; abccabdeed
>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<
Using the Chausey's Short English version:
RIDE OF LIFE
Contrast, excited my eyes and somehow knew;
attempted contact must be surely tried.
First seen aboard an escalator Ride.
The black of underwear not meant for view.
The rosie upper thighs that hide I spied.
Contrast excited my eyes and somehow knew;
attempted contact must be surely tried.
The greeting given grateful, strange but true.
I met my future wife that day with pride,
for evermore and walking side by side.
Contrast excited my eyes and somehow knew;
attempted contact must be surely tried.
First seen aboard an escalator Ride.
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The bonus poem using Drummonds form:
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If only structure was so down to earth.
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