POETIC FORM: CHANSO
The chanso is a French form that offers poets a great deal of freedom—even as it sticks to some very defined rules. Here are the guidelines:
• Five to six stanzas of the same length followed by an envoy (a brief stanza• Those first five to six stanzas can be as concise as couplets (or twoline stanzas) or have more than 10 lines• Each line should have the same number of syllables, but whether it’s five syllables, 15, or somewhere in between is up to the poet’s discretion
