triolet
noun
tri·o·let ˈtrē-ə-lət 
ˈtrī-
: a poem or stanza of eight lines in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth with a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, literally, clover leaf, clover, ultimately from Greek triphyllon, from tri- tri- + phyllon leaf — more at blade
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined above
triolets
noun
as in sonnets
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sonnets
- poems
- epigrams
- elegies
- eclogues
- pastorals
- odes
- madrigals
- psalms
- villanelles
- limericks
- dithyrambs
- idylls
- clerihews
- pastorales
- rondels
- georgics
- rhymes
- anacreontics
- rondeaux
- rondelles
- jingles
- lyrics
- idyls
- epics
- ballads
- rimes
- epopees
- rondelets
- runes
- epodes
- haiku
- songs
- English sonnets
- poesies
- eposes
- laments
- tankas
- senryu
- poetries
- versifications
- lays
- free verses
- vers libres
- blank verses
- minstrelsies