Heaven
Heaven rouses the yearning heart
To gentle hope that lights the soul
With sweet grace which love does impart
Whispers of joy that make one whole
Ecstasy enlightens dark earth
With purity which will console
Feelings inspiring heavens worth
Whispers of joy that make one whole
Paradise brightens with soft light
Breathing love that you can’t control
Stardust shines through so very bright
Whispers of joy that make one whole
Heaven rouses the yearning heart
Whispers of joy that make one whole
A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non-rhyming couplet). Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of only eight syllables. French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending couplet. This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem. Therefore, a good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:
AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB.
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