Ronsardian Ode
The Trijan Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of three 9-line stanzas, for a total of 27 lines.
Line 1 is the same in all three stanzas, although a variation of the form is not to repeat the same line
at the beginning of each stanza. In other words, the beginning line of each stanza can be different.
The first four syllables of line 5 in each stanza are repeated as the double-refrain for lines 7 and 8.
The Trijan Refrain is a rhyming poem with a set meter and rhyme scheme as follows:
a. b. a. b. c. c. d..d. c and a syllable count of 10. 4. 10. 4. 10. 10. 4. 4. 8.
Ronsardian Ode
Upon the death of the rose and summer
the sun goes down,
the winds rise up and begin to murmur.
The moon's bright crown
moves into the darkness of endless night.
Even Diwali's rekindling of light
moves not the dark.
Not one does hark
to soundless music out of sight.
Upon the last leaves' fall in pale winter
stark branches move,
and snow may shroud the ground leaving no spur
which can approve
the naked starkness of the voided world.
O world return, come back to this now furled,
painful and iced,
hideous, sliced
heart that lies deep within me curled.
Jan Haag
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