bluebells within the mist (triolet)

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A voice beyond the common knew

I'd feel your song before too long

Amongst the wooded morning dew,

a voice beyond the common knew;

a spread of bells, purple and blue -

our song, like dew, too soon, is gone:

A voice beyond the common knew
I'd feel your song before too long

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- Mr. Darcy
© 2018.

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Triolet

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).