A fixed French form almost always eight lines long, rhyming ABaAabAB, in which the first line repeats verbatim as the fourth and seventh, and the second line repeats as the eighth, so the opening and closing couplets are identical. It descends from medieval French poetry, possibly from Picardy, with the earliest known examples dating to the late thirteenth century, and belongs to the same family of French fixed forms as the rondeau and rondel, from which older writers sometimes did not clearly distinguish it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Place of OriginPicardy, France, in medieval French poetry; the earliest written examples date from the late 13th century. 1 StructureAn eight-line stanza (occasionally seven or nine), rhyme scheme ABaAabAB, with the first, fourth and seventh lines identical and the second and eighth lines identical. 1 Notable ExampleRobert Bridges, the first English poet (1870) to publish original triolets in English and gain recognition for the form. 1 Connections
Associated With
The Rondeau, Forms Older usage grouped the triolet as a variant style within the broader rondeau family rather than as a fully separate form.
Source Rondeau (forme fixe) (Wikipedia)
Form Of Genre
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- Also in Geography Atlas: France, originated there.
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1. Triolet (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)lead section
The first, fourth and seventh lines are identical, as are the second and final lines, thereby making the initial and final couplets identical as well.
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Lead section, meter
In traditional French triolets, from the 17th century on the meter is usually octosyllabic (8 syllables per line), with a one rhyme masculine and one feminine.
History section
The form stems from medieval French poetry and seems to have had its origin in Picardy.
History section, English revival
In 1870 Robert Bridges became the first English poet to write original triolets in English that were published and achieved recognition in England.
View the Source Rondeau (forme fixe) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia)on the triolet and rondeau family
The term 'Rondeau' is used both in a wider sense, covering older styles of the form which are sometimes distinguished as the triolet and rondel.
- Associated With: The Rondeau, lead section
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