triolet

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Noun
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tri=o=let

CIDE DICTIONARY

trioletn. [F. triolet. See Trio.].
     A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth.  Brande & C.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

triolet, n. a poem of eight (usu. eight-syllabled) lines rhyming abaaabab, the first line recurring as the fourth and seventh and the second as the eighth.

Etymology
F (as TRIO)

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