TRIOLET

Etymology

Noun

triolet (plural triolets)

(poetry) An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.

Coordinate term: sestina

Anagrams

• tortile

Source: Wiktionary


Tri"o*let, n. Etym: [F. triolet. See Trio.]

Definition: A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth. Brande & C.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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