Note (Etheree)
Created by Arkansas poet Ethere Taylor Armstrong, this form consists of 10 lines of unmetered and unrhymed verse. Should rhymes occur - consider them a bonus! The first line has one syllable (this is also the title), and each line adds a syllable. Thus the syllable count is: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. This form is meant to focus on one idea or subject.
The Etheree has only 1 verse. If there is more than one verse (dealing with the same subject) it is called an
Ethere.
There is also the
Reverse Ethere/Etheree, which is created with a syllable count starting with 10 in the first line, down to 1 in the last line. In this case, the last line is also the title.
Normally when a form is a "double", it means that there are 2 verses of the same type. This is Not true in the case of the
Double Ethere. This form is created with the syllable count of: 1 - 10, 10 - 1. Note that there are 2 of the 10 syllable lines in the middle of the verse. In this case the title is the FIRST one-syllable word.
A
Double Reverse (or inverted) Ethere then, is created by using the syllable count of 10 - 1, 1 - 10, again with the title being the First one-syllable word.
A
Triple Ethere uses the syllable count of: 1 - 10, 10 - 1, 1 - 10. For larger versions of the Ethere, simply follow that same pattern.
Etheree Example:
NOTE
Note.
A thing
can denote
or be of note.
There are dollar notes,
memo notes and you can
take note, note this or note that.
Love notes are always nice to get!
Graffiti are just notes on a wall,
but musical notes, I like best of all!
