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Friday, 19 December 2008

Bref Double

Type: structure, rhyme, isosyllabic Description: A 14 line French form composed of 3 quatrains and a couplet, all isosyllabic. It has three rhymes a, b and c and 5 lines that are not part of the rhyme schema. The c rhyme ends each quatrain, and the a and b rhymes are both found twice within the 3 quatrains and once each in the couplet. Rhyme Schema: abxc abxc xxxxc ab xaxc xbxc xbac ab xabc xaxc xbxc zb etc. Poem Length: 14 lines


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