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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