What does "triolet" mean?

An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.

What is a synonym for "triolet"?

Common synonyms include: ballad, bucolic, dirge, elegy, epic, epigram.

Pronounced //ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt//.

//ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt// noun

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Noun

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An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter.
"The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat."

"The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat."

From French triolet.

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