Hampton Roads Writers

WORD PAINTING



Freewrite a scene, story, or poem inspired by this DeKooning image. Use strong sensory details to evoke the imagery necessary to push this creation forward to completion.

AS A CHALLENGE:

Write this using Triolet poetic structure.

Triolet Structure

Structure:

* 8 Lines
* two lines repeated, 1st line, 4th
* a b a a a b a b
* Opening 2 couplet repeated at end
Characteristics:

Short event or story put into song. Folk ballads are one stanza, literary ballads are more formal and can be composed of several stanzas.

Origins:

Also called popular ballads, ballads were passed orally from generation to generation as songs. The song would usually tell a story and include a shock refrain (impacting repetition) without going into detail of setting, characterization, etc.

For Example:

Around the house the flakes fly faster,
And all the berries now are gone
From holly and cotoneaster
Around the house. The flakes fly! – faster
Shutting indoors the crumb-outcaster
We used to see upon the lawn
Around the house. The Flakes fly faster
And all the berries now are gone!

By Thomas Hardy

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