B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – Triolet
What is a Triolet?
* There are two four-line stanzas;
* Line length and meter are the poet’s choice;
* Lines 1, 4, and 7 are the same;
* The rhyming scheme is abaa / abab.
Down by the seaside I wander
Profuse tears still flowing.
Our parting I still ponder
Down by the seaside I wander.
I stare into the wide blue yonder
My heartache ever growing.
Down by the seaside I wander
our brief affair now showing.
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