katsy

Some of these are narrative poems, so it is fitting to think they are "short stories"

Poetry doesn't have to rhyme. It comes in many different forms-- just like music.

So here's a rhyming poem. A favorite of mine from Plath. This poem is a villanelle. These particular poems have a refrain and there is a definite rhyme scheme-- all the second lines rhyme(or in this case, a slant rhyme). Besides the repeating pattern, the content is a favorite subject.

Mad Girl
Sylvia Plath

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"

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Split the Lark-- and you'll find the Music - Emily Dickinson