triolet: Meaning and Definition of

tri•o•let

Pronunciation: (trē"u-lā', trī'u-lit), [key]
— n.
  1. a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
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