Day 268:

Mar 25-another Nordic form, Kviotattr, 7 syllable lines, 4 stresses, any number of lines, typically alliterated. Many poets divide the lines in half, with 2 stressed syllables in each half, 3 and 4. Typically SuS; uSuS, or uSS/SuuS.

Brave Kviotattr rules!

Seven syllables are set

Skaldic meter met the means

Make alliteration stressed

Stanzas sound so stressed yet safe

Any numbered stanzas work

Four or five, all fine a form

Two to ten, to taste it’s type

Four stresses for each line

Rhyme? Not so necessary

Try it out yourself for now.