The Fool


“Sad Harlequin” by: Lladro

 
The Fool

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I will not smile today, you see
my broken heart is hurting, so
tears now reside where joy ran free.
I will not smile today, you see
she loved my gold, but not so me.
Played for a fool, I did not know.
I will not smile today you see,
my broken heart is hurting so!

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rob kistner © 2008
(revised © 2018)

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  • Probably invented in the 13th century, the triolet was cultivated as a serious form by such medieval French poets as Adenet le Roi and Jean Froissart. … The earliest triolets in English are those of a devotional nature composed in 1651 by Patrick Cary, a Benedictine monk, at Douai, France.
     

  • History. The triolet is a close cousin of the rondeau, the rondel, and the rondelet, other French verse forms emphasizing repetition and rhyme. The form stems from medieval French poetry and seems to have had its origin in Picardy. … Also, at the end of the 15th century, the term triolet appears for the first time.
     

  • The triolet is a short poem of eight lines with only two rhymes used throughout. The requirements of this fixed form are straightforward: the first line is repeated in the fourth and seventh lines; the second line is repeated in the final line; and only the first two end-words are used to complete the tight rhyme scheme. … Thus, the poet writes only five original lines, giving the triolet a deceptively simple appearance: ABaAabAB, where capital letters indicate repeated lines.

    • 58 thoughts on “The Fool”

    1. Very melodic – and oh soooooo true of the unsmiling broking heart. Yours is a very art deco blog – quite creative and beautiful . . . I’m off to explore some more of your creativity. I simply love it! I left my other blog (Journal of Reflections) link in this comment; do stop by if you have a chance –

      Thank you most kindly for Looking in the Mirror today – and leaving such beautiful reflections of Sunday Mornings. Peace, Light and Love, CordieB.

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    2. oh very nice triolet, Rob, I liked the way the punctuations changed the lines so…good to be reading you again.

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    6. This triolet definitely grabs me, and in part, because of the punctuation marks at just the right places! I can hear you reading it aloud…it’s so clear, and so simple, and still profound in that we all have probably felt this way at some point (tho no one has ever wanted me for my wealth!)

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    11. This clever and sophisticated triolet conveys a load of sadness and disillusionment. It also is an original response to the prompt.

      You are indeed an accomplished poet to achieve a profound effect with simple words and few!

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    15. What a great Lladro image to combine with this sad sad poem!!! And what a frightful person who loved the only the profit and not the means by which the profit came…

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    17. oh this was nicely done… i too am not a fan of form,, but sometimes,, like this,, it really does work to the writers advantage…..

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    27. This was the best choice of form for the theme and for that charming Lladro image. When we are broken-hearted, we tend to go in circles and you have done the form credit!

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