Love Poem: Captured (Triolet)
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Written by: Michael Degenhardt

Captured (Triolet)

My heart is given only unto thee
As I am a slave to wanton desire
Without you, I shan’t ever be free
My heart is given only unto thee
I ask, your power not release me
Else, I would burn in eternal fire
My heart is given only unto thee
As I am a slave to wanton desire



Triolet Its rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and all lines are in iambic tetrameter; the 
first, fourth and seventh lines are identical, as are the second and final lines, 
thereby making the initial and final couplets identical as well.