Poem sampled from Patterns of Poetry by Miller Williams
Rondel Prime: A pattern of poetry where the measures may be either
syallabic or iambic.
Lines are of any, but equal length.
Line 1 is repeated as lines 7 and 13; line 2 is repeated as lines 8 and
14. The poem is 14 lines in all.
To A Blank Sheet of Paper
Rhyme
Scheme
Paper, inviolate, white A
Shall it be joy or pain? B
Shall I of fate complain b
Or shall I laugh tonight? a
Shall it be hopes that re
bright? a
Shall it be hopes that are
vain b
Paper, inviolate, white, A
Shall it be joy or pain? B
A dear little hand so light, a
A moment in mine hath lain; b
Kind was its pressure
again- b
Ah, but it was so slight! A
Paper, inviolate, white, A
Shall it be joy or pain? B