Rhyming Couplets in colors:
Margarita De' Siena, Queen
Looking throughout This Mighty East, has seen
One good Siobhan ingen ui Ghadhra
Standing out, exemplar of Our era
Owlsherst’s Officer, an event cryer
And all around comprehensive tryer
Siobhan today has earned their Silver Wheel
A service award that suits with appeal
Done today on October 5th with grace
At Our Coronation, at a good pace
The Shire of Montvale these deeds were done
In a glorious day under the sun
This award went out originally at Margarita De' Siena's Coronation. October 5th, 2019.
I had very little information about the recipient. The East Kingdom Gazette had an Unofficial Court Report for the 10/5/2019 event that had simply listed the recipient’s name and the award they received. I reached out to the Reporting Herald, Malcolm Bowman. He was able to give me his notes which were wonderful, and I could now write up the scroll. I am forever grateful to the ease of communication that the internet affords.
I chose Chaucerian Rhyming couplets. I like a rigid poetic structure for scrolls when I don’t have much information on the recipient. It challenges my creativity while still making poetry for the newly awarded gentle.
Margarita De' Siena, Queen
Looking throughout This Mighty East, has seen
I am often amused by how one line of the couplet seems so short as compared to the next yet they have the same syllable count.
One good Siobhan ingen ui Ghadhra
Standing out, exemplar of Our era
I do get a kick out of using the recipient’s name as the rhyme!
Owlsherst’s Officer, an event cryer,
And all around comprehensive tryer
As I had very little to go on, a great technique is to make full use of the thesaurus and find different words or phrases for what little information that you have.
Siobhan today has earned their Silver Wheel
A service award that suits with appeal
The rhyme Wheel/appeal came easily. I ended up in a when in doubt, defining the award to the audience sort of scenario.
Done today on October 5th with grace
At Our Coronation, at a good pace
The Shire of Montvale these deeds were done
In a glorious day under the sun
These concluding couplets offer up the information of the time, location and event that the gentle received their award. I had 2 full couplets to explore the information.
I enjoy fitting a lot of information into a single couplet, as well as using a whole couplet.
I can expand on information and wax philosophic at the same time.
Unofficial Court Report: First Court at the Coronation of Queen Margarita
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