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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