The Musical Wisps

The Musical Wisps is a solemn poetic form originally devised by the elf Calovi Heavensrivers. 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: four sexains, six quatrains and four to six quintains. Use of metaphor and vivid imagery is characteristic of the form. Forms of parallelism are common throughout the poem, in that certain lines often share an underlying meaning, they use the same placement of allusions and they reverse grammatical structures.

• The first part is intended to describe the past. It has lines with three feet with a tone pattern of uneven-even. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is AABABA.
• The second part is intended to offer a different perspective concerning current events. It has lines with four feet with a tone pattern of uneven-even. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is CDCD.
• The third part is intended to offer a different perspective concerning the future. It has lines with five feet with a tone pattern of uneven-even. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is EEAEA.

Events

• In late winter of 223, The Musical Wisps was created by the elf Calovi Heavensrivers in Datedcarmine