Rime Coulée
Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement,
Stanzaic | |
Description: | | Related to the Burns Stanza, the Rime Coulée is a
French syllabic form consisting of two couplets of one length and two shorter-but-equal lines. One shorter line is used after each couplet. The rhyme scheme
is either aabaab or aabccb. | |
Origin: | | French | |
Schematic: | | Rhyme: aabaab or aabccb
Sample meter:
xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX
xX xX
xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX
xX xX | |
Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 6 | |
See Also: | | Reverse Habbie, Sestet, Short Particular Measure, Split Couplet, Split Sestet, Standard Habbie | |
Status: | | Incomplete | |
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