Triolet poetry
Poetry Contest
A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet the 1st, 4th and 7th lines repeat and the 2nd and 8th do af well. The rhyme scene is simple: ABaAabAB where capital letters represent the repeated lines. Each line should have 8 syllables.
Example:
Embrace twilight and bid farewell
to passion's warmth and sweet caress
A grave's prepared where she will dwell
embrace twilight and bid farewell
Oh hear the mourning of her bell
that tolls for sorrows you suppress
embrace twilight and bid farewell
to passion's warmth and sweet caress
by Mary Ellen Clark
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