Learning to write by reading

Limerick and Rhyme Royal 

     A Limerick is a short poem which is usually funny, with a very strong rhythm and a particular way of rhyming.Typically, the first two lines rhyme with each other, the third and fourth rhyme together, and the fifth line either repeats the first line or rhymes with it.

Here's example of limerick by Lear, where the first and last lines end with the same word:

There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of blue Clover;
But some very large bees,
Stung his nose and his knees,
So he very soon went back to Dover. 

And here is my own Limerick;

Boy, you think girls tingle at your touch?

Oh please, you flatter yourself too much.

You think you’re really cool?

But you’re a fatal fool.

Run, before my fist and your face touch.

     One of the oldest forms in English, is Rime Royal or Rhyme Royal.  Traditionally, the name Rhyme Royal is said to derive from The Kingis Quair (“The King’s Book), attributed to James I of Scotland (1394–1437), but some critics trace the name to the French chant royal.
The rhyme royal stanza consists of seven lines, usually in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is a-b-a-b-b-c-c. In practice, the stanza can be constructed either as a tercet and two couplets (a-b-a, b-b, c-c) or a quatrain and a tercet (a-b-a-b, b-c-c). This allows for variety, especially when the form is used for longer narrative poems. Along with the couplet, it was the standard narrative metre in the late Middle Ages.

Example of Rhyme Royal Type:

Shakespeare’s last stanza from the Rape of Lucrece

When they had sworn to this advised doom

They did conclude to bear dead Lucrece thence;

To show her bleeding body thorough Rome,

And so to publish Tarquin’s foul offence:

Which being done with speedy diligence,

The Romans plausibly did give consent

To Tarquin’s everlasting banishment.

Here is my Rhyme Royal a tutorial on how to compose a song;

"Compose your song"

To write a song you start with the title.

Decide on a song stucture and focus;

Select a topic that you want to tell.

Choose the lines you like best for your chorus.

Create transition to verse and chorus.

Begin to add chords to your song piece.

Record it and you're fin'lly at ease.

Go on try it too, it's so much fun. ^_^