Triolet

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 lines do as well.           

The rhyme scheme is simple:  ABaAabAB, capital          

letters representing the repeated lines.    

There is no set syllable count, although the preferred one for repeating forms is the standard of eight syllables but there are many good examples around using iambic pentameter and similar meters.

Example Poem:

Pug Peed Too     (Triolet)

Into the copse we walked to take a pee.

I watched for cops, Pug just lifted his leg.

I'm glad Ms. Klag, the nag, saw him not me.

Into the copse we walked to take a pee.

I'll merely bail him out and set him free.

and remember my next Pug should be Peg.

Into the copse we walked to take a pee.

I watched for cops, Pug just lifted his leg.

(c) Lawrencealot -  June, 2012

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