bluebells within the mist (triolet)

by Mr. Darcy   May 9, 2018


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A voice beyond the common knew

I'd feel your song before too long

Amongst the wooded morning dew,

a voice beyond the common knew;

a spread of bells, purple and blue -

our song, like dew, too soon, is gone:

A voice beyond the common knew
I'd feel your song before too long

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- Mr. Darcy
© 2018.

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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.

Make writing a Triolet more challenging! Make each line 8 syllables in length (4 metrical feet), written in iambic tetrameter (the more common way), or try it in pentameter (English version) where each line only has 10 syllables (5 metrical feet).

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  • 6 years ago

    by Lost One

    Judge's Comment

    A lot of editing goes into a triolete, you are limited to 8 lines and 2 of those lines repeat! To add to that, you are only left with three more lines and they have to rhyme with the other two in a specific order. It's difficult to paint a picture with just a few shades of just one color but Mr. Darcy does so in  a tender monochromatic blue. This poem is as beautiful as it's namesake and oozes of love and of loss.

  • 6 years ago

    by Bleu

    Oh, this is so beautiful.

  • 6 years ago

    by Merope

    beautifully done.

  • 6 years ago

    by Milly Hayward

    Beautifully written piece. Works really well with the line spacing.

    Loved that you added the description of what it was because that really helps with learning new forms. (thank you) Milly x

  • 6 years ago

    by Em (marmite)

    This is just beautiful

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