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Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement

 
Description: 

A ten-line sort of nonet. It descends from ten-syllables in line one to one in line ten, giving a total of fifty-five syllables. It doesn’t need to rhyme. Metrically, it is a syllabic form.

 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

10

 
Line/Poem Length: 

10

 
See Also:  

Count Up, Decastich, Etheree, Nonet, Sept, Syllabic Verse

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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