About Poetry – How to Write The Lai Poem

The Lai form was developed in France .

The features of the Lai are:

Two rhymes, giving the form aabaabaab.

Lines ending with the 'a' rhyme are five syllables long.

Lines ending with the 'b' rhyme are two syllables long.

*Rhyme scheme (where a lower-case letter indicates a rhyme with each line designated by the same lower-case letter)*

🌞💐The Lai Poem No. 1💐🌞

The blood worm moon rises.
Red moon - surprises,
it glows.
Pink-red disguises,
full moon's baptises.
It shows
darkness chastises,
night time demises
and flows.

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