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
triolet
noun
as in poem
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- poem
- sonnet
- villanelle
- clerihew
- limerick
- rondeau
- epigram
- elegy
- eclogue
- dithyramb
- ode
- psalm
- madrigal
- pastorale
- georgic
- rhyme
- epode
- lyric
- rondel
- pastoral
- epopee
- jingle
- epic
- epos
- idyll
- rime
- haiku
- rondelet
- ballad
- anacreontic
- rune
- idyl
- lament
- tanka
- rondelle
- song
- poetry
- senryu
- poesy
- English sonnet
- versification
- lay
- minstrelsy
- free verse
- blank verse
- vers libre
- court disaster
- court dress
- court game
- court gray
- court guide
- court hand
- court holy water
- court lands
- court leet
- court leets
- court of appeals
- court of cassation
- court of chivalry
- court of claims
- court of common pleas
- Court of Criminal Appeal
- court of delegates
- court of domestic relations
- court of dustyfoot
- court of errors
- Court of Exchequer
- court of first instance
- court of honor
- court of inquiry
- Court of King's Bench