{"id":634,"date":"2024-08-01T19:52:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/word-of-the-day-triolet\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T19:52:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:52:15","slug":"word-of-the-day-triolet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/word-of-the-day-triolet\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day: Triolet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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An eight-line stanza having just two rhymes and repeating the first line as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line as the eighth. See Sandra McPherson\u2019s \u201cTriolet\u201d<\/a> or \u201cTriolets in the Argolid\u201d<\/a> by Rachel Hadas. <\/span><\/p>\n

Return<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
The taste is strong as ever,<\/span><\/div>\n
figs and cheese and wine.<\/span><\/div>\n
I recall each savor;<\/span><\/div>\n
the taste is strong as ever,<\/span><\/div>\n
even if it will never<\/span><\/div>\n
be quite so fresh again.<\/span><\/div>\n
The taste is strong as ever,<\/span><\/div>\n
figs and cheese and wine.<\/span><\/div>\n
……………………<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
I will now try to write a triolet.<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
Hooked<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
The ancient lures entice me still,<\/span><\/div>\n
Property, pelf, and power.<\/span><\/div>\n
Even if against my will,<\/span><\/div>\n
The ancient lures entice me still.<\/span><\/div>\n
Despite advancing age a<\/span>nd wisdom's rise,<\/span><\/div>\n
Their grip on me is unreleasing.<\/span><\/div>\n
The ancient lures entice me still,<\/span><\/div>\n
Property, pelf, and  power.<\/span><\/div>\n
…………………………<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
But I'm no poet, and I know it, so there's no way I could blow it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here: An eight-line stanza having just two rhymes and repeating the first line as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line as the eighth. See Sandra McPherson\u2019s \u201cTriolet\u201d or \u201cTriolets in the Argolid\u201d by Rachel Hadas.  Return   The taste is strong as ever, figs and cheese and wine. I recall each savor; the taste is … Continue reading “Word of the Day: Triolet”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,161,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literary-matters","category-poetry","category-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}