triolet

Definition of trioletnext

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Noun
  • By simply turning just one strip, the sonnet is altered.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • After all, no poet talks seriously about doing statistical regression on sonnets to find the optimal ones.
    Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • After deciding to become a priest, Hopkins burned all his poems and vowed to give up writing, but his Jesuit superior, as well as his own study of Welsh language and literature, encouraged him to return to his art.
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
  • An epic poem in documentary form—a mirror held to an American nation at war with itself, asking not who is right, but whether the experiment can survive.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, villanelle was simply the French term for an Italian country song, and during the Renaissance, poets often used the title for their work regardless of a poem’s specific structure.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Elongated and paved with bricks, the path is a closed form, a kind of physical villanelle that thwarts the experience of continuity or the feeling of finitude.
    Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Holmes’ feed is a babbling stream of self-help epigrams, ankle-deep reflections and many, many photos of herself.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • That celebrated epigram is delivered by the character of Octave, who is the greatest creation of Renoir’s career—not least because he’s played by Renoir in a performance that’s essentially a self-portrait, even an onscreen self-creation.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • To say an elegy by heart/to zero our dying before birth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The show, a sort of elegy for Gen X, opens with a flash-forward to July 16, 1999, the final hours of Carolyn and John.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • He was also known for his haikus and limericks, including some written to summarize ethics.
    Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2026
  • These can then be assembled to capture the ladder of logical complexity: patterns of patterns, such as limericks or subject-verb agreement.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Heat ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil in a large high-sided ovenproof skillet, rondeau, or medium Dutch oven over medium-high.
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Finally making it to the contest stage at the fourth time of asking, The Voice winner, therefore, is certainly qualified to sing an ode to keeping faith in your dreams.
    Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 11 May 2026
  • The Mississippi Comeback Burger is our ode to some of the tangy, punchy flavors of the Magnolia State—both comeback sauce and the bite of pepperoncini, a key part of Mississippi Pot Roast.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
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“Triolet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triolet. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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