Mirrored Refrain

The Mirrored Refrain is a rhyming verse form constructed by Stephanie Repnyek.       

The poem is formed by three or more quatrains where two lines within        

the quatrain are the "mirrored refrain" or alternating refrain.       

The rhyme scheme is as follows: xaBA, xbAB, xaBA, xbAB, etc..  

There is no set meter or line-length.      

       

x represents the only lines that do not have to rhyme within the poem.  

But you CAN choose to rhyme them.     

A and B represent the refrain.

Example Poem

A Night for Us

Her earrings match her blouse and skirt.

I hand the rose to my best friend,

With slow and silent kiss I start.

In brash flamboyant glee I end.

      

The fireplace shadows seem to flirt

With ceiling as the fire I start.

In brash flamboyant glee I end.

With slow and silent kiss I start.

      

We finish the night with the kids

at mom's so ardor will ascend.

With slow and silent kiss I start.

In brash flamboyant glee I end.

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