Sonnets VI: Kyrielle Sonnet
The Kyrielle Sonnet is a French form and is a truly unique variation of sonnet. It’s similarities to other sonnets stop with the fact that it consists of three quatrains and a closing couplet, like the English sonnet.
This form of sonnet includes refrain lines. The refrain lines are the last line of the first quatrain that that is repeated as the last line of the following two quatrains and the closing couplet consists of the first line of the first quatrain followed by the last line of the first quatrain. Also, unlike other sonnets, the Kyrielle Sonnet need only be tetra syllabic, though patterned meters aren’t prohibited.
This is a possible and popular rhyme scheme of a Kyrielle Sonnet (Capital letters indicate a refrain line)
AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB.
Some other rhyme scheme variations are:
AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB
Or
AxaB, axaB, axaB, AB
Example:
Dream Blankets (Kyrielle Sonnet)
by genielassie
The sounds of Earth so gently sleep
while winter dances on moonbeams.
A lullaby of silence creeps
'neath powdered blankets spread o'er dreams.
Brigades of star dust lightly rush
and whisper within tranquil streams.
The seeds of morrow tucked in hush
'neath powdered blankets spread o'er dreams.
Oh, bouquets of potential blooms
awaiting entrance to the scheme.
The unborn slumber in the womb
'neath powdered blankets spread o'er dreams.
The sounds of Earth so gently sleep
'neath powdered blankets spread o'er dreams.
Rhyme cheme: AbaB cbcB dbdB AB
or, you can be creative with it, as long as the refrains aren't changed, the rhyme scheme is open to alterations.
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