The French TRIOLET is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines, 5 of which are repeated refrains. The refrains within the triolet: the first, fourth and seventh lines AND the second and eighth lines. Lines three and five rhyme with one, and six rhymes with two.



Examples 1 & 2 by Jan Haag:

#xi Triolet II

Sorrow and freedom are as light
as the kiss of a peacock's wing.
Grace, iridescent, lifts the night.
Sorrow and freedom are as light
as the blue-green and blue of sight
within eyes gold and shimmering.
Sorrow and freedom are as light
as the kiss of a peacock's wing.
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#xii Triolet III

I grieve for my mother being gone.
I feel great freedom after her flight.
Lying under the trees on the lawn,
I grieve for my mother being gone.
I see life's grace going on and on,
observe the heart growing erudite.
I grieve for my mother being gone.
I feel great freedom after her flight.