triolet

American  

[tree-uh-ley, trahy-uh-lit] / ˌtri əˈleɪ, ˈtraɪ ə lɪt /

noun

1. a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.

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triolet British  

/ ˈtriːəʊˌlɛt /

noun

1. a verse form of eight lines, having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth, rhyming a b a a a b a b

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Etymology

Origin of triolet

1645–55; < French: literally, little trio

Example Sentences

J�r�me Ruby and Dede Rhem scored first descents of some of the sickest lines in the valley, including the coveted first descent, ski or snowboard, of the North Face of the Aiguille du Triolet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Elsa Triolet is the wife of Poet Louis Aragon, one of whose recent volumes was named The Eyes of Elsa.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chou Wen-chung, 37, born in Chefoo, China, but now a U.S. citizen, heard the New York Philharmonic in the first New York performance of his "And the Fallen Petals," a Triolet for Orchestra.

From Time Magazine Archive

For nearly 40 years the poet laureate of the French Communist Party rhapsodized in verse over Les Yeux d'Elsa and other cherished features of his wife Elsa Triolet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Menage says, that this Triolet, as he calls it, a Sort of low Poetry where one or two Verses are repeated three Times, was the King of Triolet's, and written by the famous Mons.

From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John