Catena in Italian means ’chain’ and Rondo means ’circle’.
This poem is a ’chain circle’ since it involves intense repetition of lines within stanzas.
The poem consists of a variable number of quatrains (4-line stanza).
- Each quatrain has a rhyme pattern of AbbA
- The capital letters mean the same line, a repeat.
- Each stanza will have different repeated lines (see sample poem)
- The second line of each quatrain is the first line of the next quatrain
- The final quatrain should repeat the first quatrain word for word.
There are no rules for meter, syllables, or subject matter. Just a lot of rhyming refrains.
This prompt requires you to write 5 stanzas. The last stanza should be identical to the first. The quatrains have been colour coded for your reference.
TITLE : WAR MONSTERS
Some monsters are consumed by rage,
Mindless and insane are their ways,
Values are lost , ’cause its ego that outweighs,
Some monsters are consumed by rage.
Mindless and insane are their ways,
Humanity for them is a term that’s buried deep,
Watching cities burn they blissfully sleep,
Mindless and insane are their ways.
Humanity for them is a term that’s buried deep,
Devastated are the innocent, are the reasons fair?
Bridges are burnt and damaged beyond repair.
Humanity for them is a term that’s buried deep.
Devastated are the innocent, are the reasons fair?
The mounting unrest slowly spreads,
The future implications, the whole world dreads,
Devastated are the innocent, are the reasons fair?
Some monsters are consumed by rage,
Mindless and insane are their ways,
Values are lost , ’cause its ego that outweighs,
Some monsters are consumed by rage.
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