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Colors all anew,

making me see through

starlight.

Knowing it’s so true,

I cannot construe

what’s right.

If God only knew,

I might have a clue

this night.

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The Lai


The Lai, developed in France, consists if 9 lines
with a rhyme scheme of...


a - a - b - a - a - b - a - a - b


lines ending with the "a" rhyme have 5 syllables


lines ending with the "b" rhyme have 2 syllables


5 - 5 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 2

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last updated 12 October 2010 - 12:15am
©19 July 2008 - 12:13am — phil_carcione
19 July 2008 - 1:25am — lyrycsyntyme
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Interesting thoughts, with a really great finish. Makes you think...