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Thursday, April 18, 2013

Quinzaine

The English word quinzaine comes from the French word qunize, meaning fifteen. A quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables.
These syllables are usually distributed among three lines:  seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line, and three in the third line (7/5/3). The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question relating to that statement.



Reality bites oft times.
But what else is there?
Bubble baths?

 

Orange cat crouching on the post,
Are your thoughts benign?
Or deadly?
 

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