Day 8:
Fall In
Sweet dreamer, gently rest your mind
And slip into the lives you'll find,
Silver and shadow unspun deep within.
Fall in to sacred sleep.
ABOUT THIS POETRY FORM
Is a Welsh poetry form.
This is a quatrain (4 line stanza). Can be one stanza or several.
Rhymes:
xxxxxxxA
xxxxxxxA
xxxxxxxBxC
xCxxxB
First 2 lines rhyme AA and each have 8 syllables.
Last 2 lines rhyme but not at the end of the sentence.
Third line had 10 syllables, with the B rhyme near the end.
Last line has 6 syllables with a rhyme or word that starts with the same sound as the end word of the 10, and then also an end rhyme.
The stanza can also run in reverse, starting with the 6 syllable line and ending with an 8 syllable line.
A couple of the lines in this poem have been floating around in my head for a while. It's nice to be able to find a place for them in this world.
