Directory of Kyrielle Resources

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A French form of the early Renaissance named after the "Kyrie Elieson" of the Catholic mass. It consists of tetrameter couplets usually joined into quatrains, with the last line (or a portion of the last line) of the first quatrain repeated as a refrain. Thus the rhyme scheme would be: aabB ccbB ddbB, etc. There are, however, numerous variations, such as abaB cbcB, etc., or acaB adaB, etc. This is a form often used for writing hymns.

Resources in This Category

• Kyrielle

  http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/reports2000/page3.html
  A definition and description of the form with an example by John Payne. From a class taught by Alberto Rios.

• Kyrielle

  http://members.optusnet.com.au/kazoom/poetry/kyrielle.html
  A description of the form with examples by Suzanne Honour.

• Kyrielle Sonnet

  http://thepoetsgarret.com/2007Challenge/form7.html
  A description with examples of an expansion of the Kyrielle by adding a final couplet consisting of the first line and the refrain. From a larger site called "The Poets Garret" hosted by Terry Clitheroe.

 

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