Unfrozen; Frozen (Triolet)

The tear of metal;
fermented solid,
is a time now frozen.
The tear of metal
and a world in motion, unfrozen,
is pride, courage, and honor.
The tear of metal,
fermented solid...

© Copyright 2009 By: Italian Stallion

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A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.

Make writing a Triolet more challenging! Make each line 8 syllables in length (4 metrical feet), written in iambic tetrameter (the more common way), or try it in pentameter (English version) where each line only has 10 syllables(5 metrical feet).

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