I have a system called the "Q & C System", where Q (quatrain) and C (couplet) are used as the main units and + is used for almost anything additional. When using this approach, a lack of rhyme is simply indicated by a different type or no specification of any rhyme.
For example,
Shakespearean Sonnet:
3Q1C1 (three type one quatrains and a type one couplet)
If for some reason the final couplet didn't rhyme, you indicate it as a different type - a couplet that doesn't rhyme:
3Q1C2 (three type one quatrains and a type two couplet)
Limerick:
Q2+A
(A type two quatrain with an additional line whose rhyme matches the first rhyme.)
If for some reason the final line didn't rhyme, to represent that you simply omit a specification of what the rhyme is:
Q2+
No specification indicates no rhyme.
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Last edited by Kevin Rainbow; 03-24-2021 at 10:12 PM.
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