Trois-par-Huit
The Trois-par-Huit was created by Lorraine M. Kanter.
Trois-par-Huit (Three-by-Eight or Octa-Tri for short), a poem containing three stanzas of 3, 3
and 2 lines OR 3, 2 and 3 lines: 8 lines total with a syllable count of 3, 6, 9, 12, 12, 9, 6, 3.
The rhyming pattern is AAB BBC CC where the last line is the title of the poem and summarizes
the meaning of the poem. *Note: These poems are to appear center aligned.
Example #1:
Christmas Tree (3, 3, 2 pattern)
Light glimmers;
silver tinsel shimmers
serenading ornamental shades
of a satin emerald and ruby parade
mingling with silhouettes of aged crystal cascade
Snowmen, Pixies and Angels to see
Atop the wise men three…
Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree (3, 2, 3 pattern)
Light glimmers;
silver tinsel shimmers
serenading ornamental shades
of a satin emerald and ruby parade
mingling with silhouettes of aged crystal cascade
Snowmen, Pixies and Angels to see
Atop the wise men three…
Christmas Tree
Copyright © 2004 Lorraine M. Kanter
Example #2:
Nature's King
The firs rise
touching star-twinkled skies
standing vigil o’er evening’s glow
wrapped in sparkling charms of glitter gold, ashen snow
embraces kisses of crimson berries below
where silvery cherubs dance and sing
…symbols of joy to bring
Nature’s King.
Copyright © 2004 Lorraine M. Kanter
Example #3:
Daniel's explanation and example (who named this form for me):
Since Huitain is a French verse-form coming from the 15th and early 16th Centuries -
an eight-line stanza with 8 or 10 syllables in each line, often iambic. Very similar to yours,
it was written with three rhymes, but one utilized four times, and there were a number of
rhyme schemes, like ababbcbc and abbaacac, and Un huitain enlace, or an enclosed huitain
which had a rhyme scheme of aabaabcc... and since you vary from the typical iambic feet,
I'd suggest you call your Huitain variation something like: "Trois-par-Huit" or "Three-by-Eight":
Trois-par-Huit
Two-tercet
piece with single couplet
will constitute an eight-line verse-form
graduating from three to twelve ticks… to perform
a pirouette, descending back to three… in warm
inter-rhymes that describe and repeat
its title in one sweet
Trois-par-Huit
Copyright © 2004 Daniel J. Ricketts
