Hello everyone,

I am proud to present:

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Divine Terzanelle
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Before I go into explaining what this means, I would like to note that
the deadline for the weather contest is only about a year away, and this
will be the final reminder.

Now, Divine Terzanelle:

A selection of terzanelles inspired by the Divine. One poem for each
Divine in the Pantheon. I will be posting one per month on the poetry
newsboard, up until the month before Logosmas. The order in which they
are posted is completely random. For those of you intersted in what a
terzanelle is, see the end of this post.

To spice things up I would like to add an interactive component. I am
asking you all to message me with a grade from 1 to 10 for each poem,
based on your opinion of it. Please message in the following format:

MSG KIUSHA <name of Divine> <gradenumber> <comments (optional)>

For example:

MSG KIUSHA Selene 1 Because it was too sappy.

Then about 7 months after Logosmas I will be posting again with fun
comments I've gotten (not mentioning who commented), and the average
grade for each poem.

I hope to receive many grades, and I hope you enjoy the poems!

With love,
Kiusha Escath-Rumenea

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The terzanelle poetry form:

A terzanelle is a poem with 19 lines in the following scheme:

A1,B1,A2 B2,C1,B1 C2,D1,C1 D2,E1,D1 E2,F1,E1 F2,A1,F1,A2

To explain, same letters rhyme with each other, and same letter-number
combinations are the same lines.

It is usually written in iambic pentameter.

Iambic pentameter is five (penta) iambic feet per line.

A iambic foot is a set of two syllables in which the second one is
stressed, and the first one is not. For example:

proCLAIMED
aGAINST

are iambic feet.

I TOOK a WALK aLONG the STREET at NIGHT

is a iambic pentameter.

A terzanelle is not easy to write but if you get it right the end
result is quite wonderful. The iambic pentameter may seem restrictive at
first, but it comes naturally in the Achaean language once you get used
to it. The iambic foot occurs quite a lot in normal Achaean speech.

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Penned by my hand on the 20th of Daedalan, in the year 437 AF.