RESTITUTION
Released from fortunes grasp
No more in loves firm clasp
Tidal waves of deep despair
Carry her to shores elsewhere
A land where clouds embrace terrain
Denying sun where tear drops rein.
Through self-control and perseverance
Anticipating reappearance.
The Con-Verse, created by Connie Marcum Wong, consists of three or more 2-line rhyming stanzas (couplets). The meter of this form is in syllabic verse.. This process may be repeated for a longer verse. If repeated, you must begin your first couplet with the syllabic count of seven again and continue from there.
Rhyme scheme: aa, bb, cc. dd, and ee.
Metre: 7 7, 8 8, 9 9, 10 10, and 11 11..
(In this 3 verse poem I have added a fourth opening couplet in 6 6) ‘