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 Rionnaird Tri - Nard
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See what you can make of this form. It's fun, but not one of the easiest to master.
Another form with interesting cross-rhymes. The Rionnaird Tri - Nard, which I believe is to be pronounced "Roon'-yard Tree'-nard", is a quatrain form with six syllables per line, and di-syllabic endings for each. Lines two and four are to rhyme, and line three consonates with them. (Which leaves the poor first line to stand all by itself.) There are two cross rhymes in the second couplet, but none in the first. There must be alliteration in each line, and the final syllable of line one alliterates with the first accented word in line two.
OK! Is everyone still with me? Let's see if I can draw a diagram of this strange sounding beast.
x x x x (x a*)
x x'* x x (b c)
x b x x (x c2)
x x c x (b c)
where: "c2" consonates with the "c" of the "bc" di-syllables and a* alliterates with the accented "x'*".
Now, I'll give it a try. Please don't laugh! I'm not so sure this form is well suited to the English language.
The old one sits breathless,
Lest the time come restless.
But Death comes not lightly.
Passes nightly, guestless.
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