List: Kyrielle


A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines),
and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last
line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit
to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.

Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB, with B being the repeated
line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.

Mixing up the rhyme scheme is possible for an unusual pattern of: axaZ, bxbZ, cxcZ, dxdZ, etc.
with Z being the repeated line.

The rhyme pattern is completely up to the poet.

  • Old Brass Paper Weight
    There are poems I don't share at all.
    Poems I deny and poems I don't recall.
    34 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 25 10:12 PM
  • Old Brass Paper Weight
    There are poems I don't share at all.
    Poems I deny and poems I don't recall.
    34 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 25 10:12 PM
  • Dreams While Waiting for the Sunset
    I am sitting here gazing out at limnetic waters waiting for the sun to set and it is taking its time.
    9 lines, 8 comments, on May 25 1:42 PM
  • Many Things to Behold
    Let the world be as it may. It turns the same day after day.
    40 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 21 10:43 AM
  • Looking at You
    On the screen looking at you My hairs not blind my eyes ardent blue
    39 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 5 2:47 AM

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