The Tress of Prophets

The Tress of Prophets is a reflective poetic form, originating in The Wayward Confederacy. 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, a couplet and a quatrain. Use of internal rhyme and simile is characteristic of the form. Every line of the poem has a medial caesura.

• The first part is intended to describe the past. The third line of the tercet must expand the idea of the second line. It has lines with three feet with a tone pattern of even-even. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is AAA.
• The second part is intended to offer a different perspective concerning current events. The second line of the couplet must expand the idea of the first line. It has lines with three feet with a tone pattern of even-uneven-uneven. The rhyme scheme respecting the full poem is BB.
• The third part is intended to move away from previous ideas concerning the future. The fourth line of the quatrain must expand the idea of the first line. It has lines with three feet with a tone pattern of even-even-uneven. The rhyme scheme within this stanza is abaa.

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