Alankar (Decor) -25

O'er A Cup Of Coffee (Rondine) The Rondine is: a poem in 12 lines made up of a quatrain, a tercet and ending in a quintet. syllabic 8 syllables per line except L7 and L12 which are 4 syllbles each. In English metered, most often iambic tetrameter or pentameter except the refrain which is iambic dimeter. composed with a refrain repeated from the opening phrase of the poem, rentrement. rhymed, using only 2 rhymes except for the refrain being unrhymed, rhyme scheme abba, abR, abbaR (R being the refrain) O'er A Cup Of Coffee Tense, jittery o'er a cup of coffee They talked and talked lengthy for long long hours A coffee drop bored of their lengthy hours Told the lady with a cup of coffee 'My lady, will you finish your coffee A bored drop of long long talks on lip yours Tense, jittery' 'O' not mine'said the lady with coffee 'Fault is his boring long talks wasting hours Blot or break now..it is his settling hours So are you, me and this cup of coffee Tense, jittery'