triolet

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt/, /ˈtrʌɪəlɛt/

Noun

triolet (plural triolets)

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

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   • 2005, Connie Homan Weaver, Poetry a la Carte, Prufrock Press Inc. (ISBN 9781593631215), page 110 ↗:

     The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.

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