Six liner

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A six Zeiler (also sextet , Sestine or Sestain ) is in the Verslehre a six verses existing Strophen- or a poem . Specific forms to be mentioned are Clogyrnach and Cywydd Llosgyrnog in Celtic poetry, Ljóðaháttr in Old Norse and Rime couée in French poetry.

Rhyming scheme aabbcc:

I jumped to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;
I gallop'd, Dirck gallop'd, we gallop'd all three;
"Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew;
"Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through;
Behind shut the posters, the lights sank to rest,
And into the midnight we gallop'd abreast.
(Robert Browning, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix)

Rhyming scheme ababcc:

One hears three words, meaningful:
In the mouth of the good and the best.
They resound in vain, their sound is empty
You cannot help and comfort.
The fruit of life is lost to man,
As long as he tries to catch the shadows.
(Friedrich Schiller, The words of madness)

Rhyme scheme aabccb:

Monument of our times shame,
Eternal disgrace of your motherland,
Rousseau's grave, hail to me!
Peace and quiet to the ruins of your life!
You looked for peace and quiet in vain,
You found peace and quiet here!
(Friedrich Schiller, Rousseau)

Rhyme scheme abbaab:

My first thought was, he lied in every word,
That hoary cripple, with malicious eye
Askance to watch the working of his lie
On mine, and mouth scarce able to afford
Suppression of the glee, that purs'd and scor'd
Its edge, at one more victim gain'd thereby.
(Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came)

Remarks

  1. ↑ http://www.bartleby.com/246/644.html
  2. ↑ https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/schiller/gedichte/chap097.html
  3. ↑ https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/schiller/gedichte/chap014.html
  4. ↑ http://www.bartleby.com/246/654.html

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