Oxylet

Oxylet

Invented by Bhaskar Datta  writing on Allpoetry.com.

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)

NOW that you have done that, add an oxymoron to each line and you have an OXYLET

Example Poem

Left Ain't Right

Now we will try to right a wrong 

for we don't find the left is right. 

We are aroused, but passive throng. 

Now we will try to right a wrong 

We'll loudly sing our quiet song 

and wage this year our peaceful fight. 

Now we will try to right a wrong 

for we don't find the left is right. 

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