Saturday, 6 April 2019

Onzain Neerlandaise- No Title

Through endless boring nights
I wait for dawns first light to awaken me
To begin a new torturous day
Bringing my grief out for all to see
No where to hide, no way
To spare my soul this ride
This pain is all, this pain is the key
The only way through to the other side
No forgiveness is forthcoming
There is only mental numbing






Form Rules 
The Onzain is a French form in origin, and in future posts I am going to add more examples of this form. The Dutch variation of the Onzain - Onzijn was popularized in The Netherlands by Drs. P. The good Doctor is celebrating his 88th birthday today.

Onze stands for eleven. The Onzain counts eleven lines, and each line contains eleven syllables. The rhyme scheme for the Onzain Neerlandaise:

onzijn.
a-b-c-b-c-d-c-d-a-e-e