Alankar(Decor) -143 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Consecration(Common Octave)

Consecration(Common Octave)

Common Octave is a double Common Measure, the elements are:

stanzaic, written in any number of octaves.

metered, L1 L3, L5 and L7 are iambic tetrameter and L2, L4, L6 and L8 are iambic trimeter.

rhymed, rhymed scheme xaxaxaxa xbxbxbxb etc x being unrhymed.

Consecration

What can burn dark and light the mind

What can cleanse the grime there

What can wash off the stinky smell

And cense therein with care

A mode of sculpting the hard heart

Into a godly stare

Dipped and dressed of scented prayers

Will do a lot to fare