Earth | Essence Poetry Type

Essence is a concise and structured poetic form consisting of two lines, each with six syllables. It emphasizes both end rhyme and internal rhyme, creating a harmonious and rhythmic flow. The brevity of the form challenges poets to condense ideas, emotions, or imagery into a compact space while maintaining a strong, musical quality. This compact structure is ideal for expressing succinct, poignant thoughts, offering an insight in just twelve syllables.

I find poems with internal rhyme tough to write, you need to take care of so many things. Don’t exceed syllable count, don’t force the rhyme, keep the slow smooth, no filler words – but I love a good challenge.

To give you an idea, internal rhyme occurs when a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end of the same line or within the same verse. Here are a few examples:

1. “The bright light in the night made me take flight.”
   (Internal rhyme between “bright” and “light,” and “night” and “flight.”)
2. “He heard the bird sing in the early spring.”
   (Internal rhyme between “heard” and “bird,” and “sing” and “spring.”)
3. “A sweet treat for the feet, so neat.”
   (Internal rhyme between “sweet” and “treat,” and “feet” and “neat.”)

Here’s a dedication to Mother Earth in the form of Essence poetry type.

Flora and sandy shores,
Kookaburra adores.

Eucalyptus stands tall
While Platypus enthral

Leo looks down from high
Moonlight surrounds the sky

Frail womb of abandoned land
yester’s bloom, sleeps on sand,

spring smothered by concrete,
limp wings, desperately plead,

summer steadily blaze,
dissolving winter’s grace.

Kookaburra watching over Pacific Ocean

Essence is a short structured form of two lines. Each line has six syllable, with end rhyme and internal rhyme. 

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Theme: Poetry Types 
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Day 2 – B for Blitz 
Day 3 – C for CinqTroisDecaLaRhyme
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