A RHUPUNT FOR SPRING
Spring’s colour thrills
when daffodils
and bold jonquils
burst into bloom.
Tulips tower,
freesias flower,
colours shower,
banishing gloom.
All spring we’re blessed;
bulbs give their best,
’til time to rest
in a dark room.
James Aitchison
Teacher Notes: How about trying this with your students?
A RHUPUNT FOR SPRING
A rhupunt (pronounced hree’-pint) is a Welsh poem with some curious rules:
- Each line must have four syllables
- The first three lines of each stanza must rhyme
- The final line of each stanza must rhyme with the final lines of the other stanzas (in other words: aaab, cccb, dddb, eeeb, etc)
- Each stanza works as a complete sentence or verse in itself.
- If you prefer, stanzas can have three lines (aab, ccb, etc) — or five lines (aaaab, ccccb, etc) — it’s up to you.
