TRIOLET


Meaning of TRIOLET in English

[ 'tri:ə(ʊ)lɛt , 'trʌɪəlɛt ]

■ noun a poem of eight lines, typically of eight syllables each, rhyming abaaabab and so structured that the first line recurs as the fourth and seventh and the second as the eighth.

Origin

C17: from Fr.

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