About Poetry – How to Write an Emmett

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The Emmett is a form created by Dorothy Hester in honour of Emmett Williams composed of 5 lines.

The first line consists of 5 words which become the first word of subsequent lines based on order of appearance in that first line. Which means the 2nd word starts the 2nd line, the 3rd word starts the 3rd line, etc.
The rhyme scheme is a/b/b/a/b.

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