Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Isosyllabic

Syllabic verse with lines of any single length. (For example: alexandrines or iambic pentameter.) Contains three octaves and a quatrain envoy all turning on three rhymes. A variation uses sestets in place of the octaves.

French

ababbcbC
ababbcbC
ababbcbC
bcbC

There are only three rhymes in all 28 lines.
The capital C represents a repeated refrain which
ends each division of the poem.

No rhyme word should be repeated in the entire poem.

There are only three rhymes in all 28 lines, so it's good for French or Scots English, but may be more difficult in regular English.

Have rhyme sounds with a lot of flexibility, since they will keep coming back.

8

28

Ballade Royale, Ballade Supreme, Chant Royal, Double Ballade, Double Ballade Supreme, Double Chant Royal, Double Refrain Ballade, Double Refrain Ballade Supreme, Double Refrain Chant Royal, Envoy, Huitain

Incomplete