The SEPT originates from England and is a syllabic form of seven lines where the syllable count starts at one in line one, increasing by one each line up to line four, then decreasng at the same rate until line seven has one syllable again.
Quote:
Schematic:
x
xx
xxx
xxxx
xxx
xx
x
where "x" is the syllable count per line
Example by Jacquii Cooke:
You
you
i know
your own depths
cold like ice; hard
and frigid:
alone...
You