The Library of Playing

The Library of Playing is a reflective poetic form, originating in The Mahogany Mine. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is divided into three distinct parts: a tercet, two couplets and another two to three tercets. A form of parallelism is common throughout the poem, in that certain lines sometimes have reversed word orders. Each line has eight syllables.

• The first part is intended to describe the past. The second line of the tercet must expand the idea of the first line. The rhyme scheme within this stanza is aba.
• The second part is intended to offer a different perspective concerning current events. The second line of each couplet must expand the idea of the first line. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is AA.
• The third part is intended to develop the previous idea concerning the future. The third line of each tercet must expand the idea of the second line. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is BBC.

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