'The monotetra consists of any number of stanzas of four lines each. Each stanza contains a monorhyme, so that the pattern of the stanzas would be “aaaa bbbb cccc” and so on… this is where the “mono” in the name of the form comes in. The “tetra” in the name of the form is because each line of each stanza is written in tetrameter... The other aspect of the monotetra is that the fourth line of each stanza is a repeating four-syllable phrase...' http: //forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php? showtopic=253 <br /> <br />Earthbound Angel <br />(an elegy for a lovely poet and friend) <br /> <br />An earthbound Angel's taken flight <br />her home's among the stars so bright <br />To hear her Siren song by night. <br />Look to the light, look to the light. <br /> <br />No longer will our Siren sing. <br />An earthbound Angel's taken wing <br />and in her flight did sadness bring <br />a painful sting, a painful sting. <br /> <br />In memory; her voice so frail <br />sings to the wind, a lovely tale. <br />An earthbound Angel's taken sail <br />on heaven's gale, on heaven's gale. <br /> <br />She sings of friends with heavy heart <br />with knowledge that we all must part. <br />Through soulful words; poetic art... <br />she did depart, she did depart. <br /> <br />©2008 Dawn Slanker<br /><br />Dawn Slanker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/earthbound-angel-a-monotetra-elegy/
