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

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triolet

The morning after he popped into the young man's study, to the lasting detriment of a triolet.

From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee

Ballade and villanelle, rondeau and triolet, the names of these French forms were enough to set the key for a young craftsman's reverie.

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur

From a newspaper cutting with another very poor comic triolet sent me by G. M. H. They are signed BRAN.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour

Each would write a triolet for the other to illustrate.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

Your baker could the fashion set; Your butcher might respond well; With every tart a triolet, With every chop a rondel.

From Ballads of a Bohemian by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)