【Poem Reading Tuesday】Write a poem on the Northern Lights

An alternate rhyme is a pattern found in poetry in which the author intentionally alternates between two end sounds. Usually, the pattern changes from stanza to stanza. For example, the first stanza rhymes ABAB and the second rhymes CDCD.

 

Simple, yet precise, the ABAB pattern prompts you to write a quatrain in which the first line rhymes with the third, and the second line rhymes with the fourth.

 

Grasp the nettle（感谢 7grizzly 推荐）

by Aaron Hill  （Stressed syllables are highlighted）

Tender-handed stroke a nettle,

And it stings you, for your pains:

Grasp it like a man of mettle,

And it soft as silk remains.

 

Homework： Write a poem on the Northern Lights（Aurora Borealis）that showed up in North America a few days ago.

PIC from Internet

 

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• 交作业 -方外居士- ♂ (2406 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 12:59:57

• 哇，How wonderful your E poem is！Rhymed very well！Congrats！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 14:09:07

• A perfect alternate rhyme！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 14:12:50

• 有趣的经验。多谢鼓励！ -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 21:22:59

• 交作业：） -忒忒绿- ♂ (271 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 15:40:00

• Nice！Concise！Another perfect alternate rhyme！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 18:06:42

• 交作业：）支持一下。韵脚和pattern可能不太对。 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (482 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 16:33:49

• Wow！Nice imaginary！Beautiful rhyme！How lucky is ur daughter！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 18:08:08

• Nice pictures！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 18:08:39

• My try as below :-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (727 bytes) () 05/14/2024 postreply 19:29:48

• Fantastic！The last sentence is the eye of the poem！Love it！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2024 postreply 12:04:26

• Northern light! Pandora? Holy might? Aurora! -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2024 postreply 04:45:38

• Brevity is the soul of wit！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2024 postreply 12:05:08