A Different Type of Poem Structure

Alhamdulillaah, our last few posts have seen contributions from our dear sisters in the area of poetry.

Some of you may know of this form of poetry which follows the A B B A structure and is intended to give a mirror effect.

Here is an example that I did very quickly:


So the first line has only 1 word; the next four lines have 2 words in each sentence and the words rhyme with each other; the next four lines after that have 3 words in each sentence and they rhyme (ending rhyme in this case); then the poem mirrors and you go back to two lines having 2 words each and the last line repeating the first word of the poem.

When I first read a poem like this it seemed easy enough but some thought has to go into it to keep the form and rhyme consistent. Have a try insha'Allaah?

Masha-allah its really good sis. I think I might try that, it's nice to have a challenge - with a productive and beneficial result inshallah.

Love, Safiya

This is one which I have just written and made me quite emotional doing so due to current events in the arab world subhanAllah:

it is emotional sister Aisha since you and your family like many others are in this situation.

May Allah restore peace and give Sabr to all Muslims who are facing trying times Ameen

Assalamou aleikoum wa rahmatoullah wa barakatou

I think this structure is quite hard and time consuming. It does give beautiful results though, I like it, but I do not think I could use it. But you never know

Mashallah, I love the Revolution poem.