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Aug 6 03, 06:11
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The Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, as do the 2nd and 8th lines.
The rhyme scheme is quite simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.
As an exercise, I learned of the Triolet from Shadow Poetry recently and have come to respect the form a great deal.
You can write them in iambic tetrameter, or try it in pentameter where each line only has 10 syllables for an added challenge with 4 and 5 metrical feet, respectively, although not a requirement of the form.
The repeating lines do NOT have to be the same words per se, but MUST have the same SOUNDS..for example, line 1 could start with "I" and line 4 could start with "Eye".
Good luck!
An example for you from my first attempt at the triolet:
Fervor's Lust
In response to Percy Bysshe Shelley's "The Indian Serenade"
The night is filled with fervor's lust, where whispers of our love is told; and in this trance of forlorn trust, the night is filled with fervor's lust. Our climax swells with sun's slow thrust; Star's gleam is lost in sorrow's hold. The night is filled with fervor's lust, where whispers of our love is told.
Copyright © 2003 Lorraine M Kanter
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Feb 16 04, 14:35
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Just in case Tom is around still... this is merely a fantasy toying with the form... and by no stretch of the imagination autobiographical!
Alas, no date…
Alas, no date for my sweet lips to taste; perhaps my life ain’t even worth a fig. Those dromedary humps in arid waste… all ass… no date. For my sweet lips to taste unending liquid kisses, I’d shun haste to reach oasis love… yes, those unchaste attempts to grow a palm from but a twig… alas, no date for my sweet lips to taste; perhaps my life ain’t even worth a fig.
© M Lee Dickens’son 16 Feb 2004
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Cleo_Serapis Triolet Aug 6 03, 06:11 Cleo_Serapis Do you know who the 'she' is here?
Tears of Morni... Aug 8 03, 05:57 JustDaniel Triolet: an eight line poem with the following pat... Sep 26 03, 22:03 Athena My Goodness, Daniel!
Thank you so very much f... Sep 27 03, 04:29 Jox Thank you Daniel; much appreciated (and I do mean ... Sep 27 03, 09:58 Each scripted line must change then move.
The sent... Oct 5 03, 16:04 Cleo_Serapis Thanks super muchly (I make up my own words) Danie... Oct 6 03, 07:26 Cleo_Serapis QUOTE (AkhenhatenII @ Oct. 05 2003, 17:04)Eac... Oct 6 03, 07:27 Greetings Beloved Princess of the Nile.
I apologi... Oct 7 03, 05:17 Cleo_Serapis QUOTE (AkhenhatenII @ Oct. 07 2003, 06:17)Gre... Oct 7 03, 06:55 The one I posted was an Ancient Egyptian triolet. ... Oct 7 03, 14:29 Cleo_Serapis QUOTE (AkhenhatenII @ Oct. 07 2003, 15:29)The... Oct 7 03, 14:42 Cleo_Serapis QUOTE (Just Daniel @ Feb. 16 2004, 14:35)Just... Feb 17 04, 19:49 JustDaniel Thanks, Lori!
I posted it for crit too, if yo... Feb 19 04, 17:19 Dear Daniel
"kick it in the arse"
AhA ! Brit... Feb 19 04, 17:44 heartsong7 My first triolet:
A Clever Phrase
This muse who’... Jul 13 04, 13:14 JustDaniel A Cleaver Phase
How long I now for shorter days,
... Jul 13 04, 15:15 Cleo_Serapis Let's this form back to life...
Numinous Fli... Jul 26 09, 19:38 JustDaniel Remember this one, Lori?
A Light Above the Wrest... Sep 5 09, 23:12 Cleo_Serapis Hi Daniel,
I had forgotten about this one! ... Sep 6 09, 07:21 JustDaniel Is There a Write Time ?
If I've no time to w... Apr 9 12, 09:21 Alan raise a largish glass to our Charles
who sings blu... Apr 9 12, 17:31 Merlin My glass is filled with nectar of the gods:
Here... Apr 9 12, 23:40 Alan MARITAL TRIOLET
I write a triolet per day
to keep... Apr 10 12, 13:54 JustDaniel I write this triolet to play
with Alan while he le... Apr 11 12, 07:41 Alan This Alan don't need instruction
with triolets... Apr 11 12, 08:41 JustDaniel Dear Alan,
I apologize for seeming presumptuous... Apr 11 12, 10:05 Alan MISSING MY METER - MY METIER
My metier is often t... Apr 12 12, 16:34 JustDaniel Thank you for the new word for my vocabulary, Alan... Apr 18 12, 15:27 Alan Nice one Daniel !
FEE FREE
Even most times, ... Apr 19 12, 02:37 JustDaniel My days are filled with walking pain;
at night the... Dec 15 18, 14:59 Larry Much like the villanelle in form
but short so word... Dec 17 18, 16:06 JustDaniel No reason I should sit and write
concisely or with... Dec 22 18, 21:49 Larry Each form you’re wishing to perfect
takes lots of ... Dec 24 18, 23:27
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