Easy is the Triolet

William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)



Easy is the Triolet,
If you really learn to make it!
Once a neat refrain you get,
Easy is the Triolet.
As you see! I pay my debt
With another rhyme, Deuce take it,
Easy is the Triolet,
If you really learn to make it!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAaAaaAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 217
Words 47
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic and editor, best remembered for his 1875 poem "Invictus". more…

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