Poetry form of the week: Fourteenth Century Stanza

A fourteenth century stanza is composed of six lines, with a syllable structure of 4-9 syllables per line and a rhyme scheme of a, a, b, c, c, b or a, a, b, a, a, b. This type of poem can have more then one stanza.

Fourteenth Century Stanza ~ My first attempt

The wind blows through the pine trees,
Oleanders wave in a gentle breeze,
Thank God for this beautiful day,
Oak limbs are touched with pale green
The warm sun melts an ice-covered stream,
Spring is a few weeks away.

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