Deep in the land of mystic elves,
quite high upon some special shelves,
The Queen has vanished and as such ~
great books of magic sit untouched.
It's been three years since she's been seen,
went walking in the forest green.
Some blame the bad witch, inasmuch ~
great books of magic sit untouched.
On elvish celebration days
small pint-sized figures sing to praise
the ruler whom they loved so much ~
great books of magic sit untouched.
Deep in the land of mystic elves,
great books of magic sit untouched.
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Author Notes
Kyrielle Sonnet
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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