triolet

[ tree-uh-ley, trahy-uh-lit ]

noun

1. a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.

triolet

/ ˈtriːəʊˌlɛt /

noun

1. a verse form of eight lines, having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth, rhyming a b a a a b a b

Word History and Origins

Origin of triolet¹

1645–55; < French: literally, little trio

Word History and Origins

Origin of triolet¹

C17: from French: a little trio

Example Sentences

The letters between Triolet and Shklovsky, reprinted in “Zoo” with some minor fictionalizations, avoid addressing love directly.

From New York Times

Along with his apology, Shklovsky included the manuscript of a new book he was working on, an epistolary novel called “Zoo, or Letters Not About Love” that chronicled his unrequited romance with Elsa Triolet, a Russian living in Berlin.

From New York Times

Dressed in their wedding outfits as well as scuba gear, Kimberly Triolet and Jorge Rodriguez wed beside the "Christ of the Deep" bronze statue, which stands some 25 feet below the surface, five miles off Key Largo.

From Reuters

Call you then mere bric-�-brac Triolet and rondel?

From Project Gutenberg

Call you then mere bric-�-brac Triolet and rondel?!

From Project Gutenberg