Kyrielle

A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines),      

 and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain. Each line within the poem  consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.       

Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB,       

with B being the repeated line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.

Example Poem

Til the Earless Bunny

Til was a bunny born earless

but that mattered not, still fearless

he played in the hay, and  was  spry.

Sometimes things happen- we wonder why.

      

Genetic change, says Darwin cause

species to  evolve, now just pause

and consider, penquins can't fly.

Sometimes things happen- we wonder why.

      

With ears Til might have heard the threat,

Of near by feet and be here yet

Til lived until he was to die.

Sometimes things happen- we wonder why.

Author Note:

The fate of 17-day-old Til, a bunny with a genetic defect,       

was plastered across German newspapers on Thursday,      

the same day a small zoo in Saxony was to have presented him       

to the world at a press conference.      

The cameraman told Bild newspaper he hadn't seen Til,       

who had buried himself in hay, when he took the fateful      

step backward Wednesday.

© Lawrencealot - April 8, 2012

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