Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-10-16
FASCIES IN VERSE.
CURIOUS METHODS or RHyMlso
WHICH ARE THE FASHION.

A Ii., az siasai.r Little Songs Gen.
.,r,.,.s Amer On. Methods ef the
Baii.ss. Rsssissa. ra.iss
and yir.i.i-r.r winter yveaings.
Rou,e 81 our reslcr- of . literary turn may
IL interested In the ns~ forms ~ rerse,
which really are Immensely old, but which,
like many Old thing. adoTtsi into the new
are Jus, nos quit. the fashion sn'ong pots
or to>,AstsrS. Many q tbe~s forms. with
their curioas reJsatel Thymss, and half nal
Intervening u rhyms-. oFigniatsi sith The
troaladours AMI truuvers and lfovenosl
singers generally. hui they have breh
changed In pro~ss q grvsih till their orig
inators ~oad hardly mos them on ths~s
fornl., alsItsd. al any rate. from The oil
fr,nch, tho-s enjoying most rrominenos u
sAy are the talla.ls. tbs chant royal, the
kyTlelle, tho Tantomine. the rvn.isl. rondean
AMI rOndslst. tie glo~s, the -rstins, tl's trio
III. the vlllAIlslls, the lay AMI the 'irslAL
The refrain or burden has . graf deal 30
do With th~-s singular little songs In other
po.try. say. . critic. an ordinary refrain 10
alsft 81 ons nois rv~ounding thrOush ths
rhnl. poem, much a. the drUus ba~- In pif'
fsrarl 90 mus.tts music l. ksp, going through
out
Mr. Austin Dolsoa Il aid b. have written
tn dr,t hsIlais which 10 have In English
The tsllA.le, aocorllng % rule, has thrvs
EIGHT line stanfss, anil verrs csllei The en-
wy. II the elias, % four Inns, 90 70 can
c.lu.ist q thru stAnEas % ten lines AMI an
savoy a i've The ssm- - % rhymes must
u uss.i In every vsr-s, but nsver the sanss
word again, sIc.yt IN The rvfrsin which
must closs each stAn1A, and ths envoy, The
envoy having the rhyme. % TIE last bali ~
the lat ycr.o Tho whole Il sOvvrn~i des
potically by the refrain, an eight syllAhl~i
vfrain requiring an eight line stanEA, q ton
UllAhlei ten linz ,,anIs. anil tbs -snso q
the stAnEs must me- pau-e Ia the mLidIs.
but must continue % 10 cagpsi by ths -
Train Tho onvoy Always runl.mlsrs the oil
fashion u adir-.slng ths vcr-, 81 q Isrson-
. t.r~,n % dlstlnctiou, - ths primes 90 lord
the whole
Another quaint vsrr form 10 the iyrisie,
Q four nnci vsrs. q eight sJiiAhlsi lines,
having each last line ths sama Another 70
tho IAnt0un, which, 80 far frum bsing q
old Preach, 10 % Asla;ic 90 Malay ds-oent.
~ consists - four lined stAnLas. the -cuni
anil fourth lines - each making the DIRT and
third % the nsrt, Ani - on Indefinitely,
clo-lng b. making tho s-oond AMI fourth
lines - tho las; s,Anla frlm Tho hrst and
third q the hrst one The rundsl, ths oil
form q the wori ronieau, came directly
from Provencc, AMI greatly rs.smblss the
triolst Tho rundoaa l. written on tso
rhymss, it hAs thlr,s.n linz and ts0 un-
rhymel refrain lins-, the refrain usually -
ing a rsp.titlon q The np: half q thu hr,t
line. bat bslng q sspeciAl inportAnce, The
ollmar % the uhols arrangement. AMI q
spontAnsoas ami L0i Ahlrs,l sffsct, Icing In
irolacsi a. n the lines fowei into IL u their
Own acnonl Tho rUuBisl, another ,light
vAraiiop. 1. thought b b. the Invention u
Mr. s~inhurns
Tho runlslst 10 jusi q lliilc matter q sven
line. usri D. sHpr,.s any bret fancy. of.n-
lng 9Th line q four syilahiss, which y 70
p.ai~i after one eight syllAhl.i line. ani
again after thrps otbsrs, the hrst q which
thrus linz. rhymes with The rr.sat, the others
Nth the s,ruui lln. Tho gio.e. another
frvak, Ia u-~l morv In Spanish and rortu-
gus-s than la Frvnch. IL lrgins with q
quAiraln osiisi q tsIio, ~hich IL ampllhes
| In four stAnEAs q ten lines, Zach closing With
ons u tho line. q the op.nir : quAtrAin. In
every vsrss tbs aIih. ninth and tenth line.
rhyming with each other. other lin-s taking
any rhymc2 Tho --iina wns inventsd hy
ths tr0alAdour ATnAut Danisl. AMI sAs uaei
by Dante AMI rstnrch. 10 IL n an staaIAs
q an line. eArh. the an words that cni The
sit line. do noe rhyme. bat the same .r
~ords sni every line throughout the pen,
closing 18th thrco lins stAna witch uses
ths ia worls. thr~, al thu snd Ani thrvs In
The mAllla
Tho triols, !. The play q vuris AMI tune
which ~ t.>n most popular, bsauss INST
saay. probably. - c0usiss q eight lines,
AMI kssp- b. t-o rhymes. the hrst pair -
rhymsa Are again The -venth Ahd eighth.
AMI the lrst 10 Also the fourth. The third
fourth anil Gfih rhyme With the art. the
aIth with the s.coni. The triolst Ia. D.
tell o. story IN i've lines, anil carry the ~
pat - esSily a. b - charming ami no;
straln~l. tho lrt ons prnt~i In moiern
Rnglish vas by Mr. Robert Driigua The
villAnslie. q which sT-cia. Mr Elmani
oo.ss wrots the dr., IN English, has bs.n
callci ''ths mC.i ravishlng iu~sl worn ~
ths NUS ErAto.- 10 vAs originally shep-
hsr,l. song, 10 = oomplsts Ia ninstssn lines,
I've thrye Incl s,AnEas and an ending one
u four lines. eight liBs- given w b. the ~
frAin, which consists q tie hni AMI thinl
llnss usci alternately. and al tbe Gloss 10Th
together Their remain The lay AMI the
virplAI The lay l. % oouplstA u I've yllA-
bloi iine-. all the sams recurring rhyme, tn
tsrspsrsei by single lines q two syllable.
rhYming, thus only two rhymes are us-i.
each new ttanEa taking new rhymes But
In the vlrrlAi there Il a sequsnos u the sams
rhyInss throughout AL the stanIAs, the 49,
ond vsrs taking tho abort lino rhymes Tor
"a own long Inns, AMI . ns~ rhyme for the
short Oncs
We have t.sn thus minute Ina describing
thru forms % wori play On Acoount q the
general Interest ia them Thslr composition
doabtiss. wall Afforl much amusing enter
tAlnusnt "a social gAtheringso ~ winter even
ings o. u summer mornings on hotel plAzx.ls.
bat u do. not secm ~ us that vsrss. thu.
arti8ciAlly made up bear much relation D.
the poetry q Milton and shaksy>.rr, u
Byron and Tennysoa -IIATsrs BaL.r.