Day 1: Triolet
April 1st's theme was a triolet. A triolet is a poem with a very specific and repetitive pattern (ABaAabAB) and often written in iambic pentameter. The first, fourth, and seventh lines are the same, as well as the second and final line. It was first commonly used in medieval French poetry. It is relatively easy to write a triolet and practically impossible to write a good one. This is my mediocre one:
The clock could not possibly move any slower;
It ticks and it tocks and it sighs.
With every second, my heart sinks down lower.
The clock could not possibly move any slower.
Despite my very best efforts to show her,
She constantly breaks down and cries.
The clock could not possibly move any slower;
It ticks and it tocks and it sighs.
