triolets
triolets is the plural of triolet.
Meaning of triolet
Noun
triolet (plural triolets)
- An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.
- The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.2005, Connie Homan Weaver, Poetry a la Carte, Prufrock Press Inc., →ISBN, page 110
Questions about triolets
- What is triolets the plural of?
- Triolets is the plural of triolet.
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