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    dots Submission Name: Winterdots
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    Author: HansRik
    ASL Info:    19/male/United Kingdom
    Elite Ratio:    5.93 - 78/55/9
    Words: 44
    Class/Type: Poetry/Serious
    Total Views: 130
    Average Vote:    No vote yet.
    Bytes: 368



    Description:
       An attempt to write poetry with specific forms.

    A rictameter is a nine line poetry form. The 1st and the last lines are the same and the syllable count is as follows: -

    Line 1 - 2 syllables - same as line 9
    Line 2 - 4 syllables
    Line 3 - 6 syllables
    Line 4 - 8 syllables
    Line 5 - 10 syllables
    Line 6 - 8 syllables
    Line 7 - 6 syllables
    Line 8 - 4 syllables
    Line 9 - 2 syllables - same as line 1



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    dotsWinterdots
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    Winter (Rictameter)
    by HansRik

    Winter
    Colourless skies
    The harshest soul-less wind
    resulting in shivering deaths
    of the innocent joy of life, anon!
    Striking with its powerful song,
    annihilating Time,
    consuming life...
    Winter.

    İİ 2005
    (Hans Rik- nom de plume)




    Submitted on 2006-06-13 09:17:07     Terms of Service / Copyright Rules
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    ||| Comments |||
      Errmm... you're not exactly following your formatting?

    Anyways, it's an interesting way to display the destructive nature of winter... people residing here in the tropics don't experience winter... and we tend to think of winter as something beautiful (even after experiencing it while travelling). And I don't see how winter can "annilate time" too...

    All said, its a compact, well-written poem that conveys the writer's message well. Nice effort.

    Bann
    | Posted on 2006-06-14 00:00:00 | by unREMb | [ Reply to This ]
      hi cutie

    I had actually never heard of a rictameter,
    but according to your explanation this is definately one, you followed those rules. So I dont agree with Bann about not following the format

    Ok I actually think free verse is always very nice, not following any rules and all, so you can be very free and not bother about a format.
    With things like these or haikus or anything, I sometimes get the idea that the rules are.. too strict and prevent maybe what a writer really wants to say.

    In other words. I like free verse :P

    Now to your write, I like the wording you used, and the personification of winter.
    soul-less and cruel, killing slowly.
    I dont watch at winter like that either. I hate winter when it is only just. vry cold and ...raining.. but I love it
    when I..
    wake up, then watch outside
    and discover the world
    is covered in white.

    lol.. without noticing I was rhyming with what I wanted to say and the only thing I added was 2 x enter.. Never mind, i'm typing useless stuff now,

    Janneke
    | Posted on 2006-06-18 00:00:00 | by Darth Zeus | [ Reply to This ]
      I had never heard of a rictameter, and though I am no expert, I have explored many diifferent forms,-I like finding something different and trying to fit the form to the message. I feel that when you write to a form, it often serves to sharpen your skills,--not because free vers has "no rules" ( ,i,WRONG), but because the limitations, no matter how small or severe, cause the writer to maximize word usage, imagery --cut to the chase as effectively as possible. When left to free verse, one often says too little , --for too long.

    At any rate I like this and especially so because I appreciate trying to wrap a theme around a form,-- you must have exactly the right amount of input, -anything superfluous incites boedom swiftly.

    .I."Winter
    Colourless skies
    The harshest soul-less wind
    resulting in shivering deaths
    of the innocent joy of life, anon!
    Striking with its powerful song,
    annihilating Time,
    consuming life...
    Winter"

    Very nice ,---though I might reconsider the "anon", as it is the only archaic word in an otherwise timeless theme. Other than that, you capture the cold harsh landscape tat is winter.

    Thanks for submitting

    Silver

    | Posted on 2006-12-02 00:00:00 | by Silverdog | [ Reply to This ]



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