Sicilian Septet
Although not used by the court until it was fed back from England around
the 15th century like the Rima the original version had no set meter however,
the revised version of this form uses Iambic Pentameter
and has a rhyme scheme of
x X x X x X x X x a
x X x X x X x X x b
x X x X x X x X x a
x X x X x X x X x b
x X x X x X x X x a
x X x X x X x X x b
x X x X x X x X x a
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Masks
Venetian mask show foxy smile on a stick;
in gleaming silk thin eyebrows lift in paint,
heads bob and turn with a pantomimic trick.
Moonshadows and Amantes bow in feint,
as Puccinella’s Ghost looks faintly sick-
the Doctor of the Pest has tried to taint
my lady’s sweet complexion- he is slick!
Leny Roovers
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