Tempo Composto

Tempo Composto means "time's up" in Latin.

A form invented by L. Allen Bacon, aka Allen a Dale

The first three stanzas of a “tempo composto” are made up of
1) A Spondee (DA-DA)
2) two lines of Dactyl (DA-da-da)
3) 12 syllables free verse.

The fourth stanza differs in that the final line is only
4 syllables of free verse.

The rhyme pattern is
a-a-x-x
b-b-x-x
c-c-x-x
d-d-x-x

Looks good centered, but that is not a requirement.

Example Poem

Ride in the Country

Roadside

countryside

Lemonade

For sale sign draws me in to find they have just corn. 

Quite hot!

Day is shot.

I have got

no lemonade. Drive on looking for the next stand.

Need gas,

Still I pass

twenty-one

stations looking for fruit stand, then run out of gas.

Walk back!

Station sez,

Out of gas,

Got lemonade.

(c) Lawrencealot - May 30, 2012

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