Alankar(Decor)-156

Dream Not Sweet Sixteen..(Trijan Refrain) The Trijan Refrain is: stanzaic, written in any number of 9-line stanzas (3 are recommended) . syllabic,8-6-8-6-8-8-4-4-8. rhymed, AbabccDDc AeaeffGGf AhahiiJJi composed with a refrain within the stanza, the first 4 syllables of L5 are repeated as a refrain in L7 and L8. written a refrain between stanzas, L1 of the first stanza repeated as L1 of each subsequent stanza. There is a variation in which L1 is not repeated in the subsequent stanzas, in that scenario the rhyme scheme is ababccDDc efefggHHg ijijkkLLk. Dream Not Sweet Sixteen.. Dream not sweet sixteen, just dream not Earth is of hidden pits Love is blind and these pits- knows not Beware of pits and hits You are too young now, yet to learn more Fall and pain- to ignore and soar You are too young You are too young Love is of hurdles-trip not more Dream not sweet sixteen, just dream not But I know you will dream And having fallen in love sought Be watchful not to scream What shall I say than 'be watchful' But I know you won't be watchful What shall I say What shall I say Beware before it goes vengeful Dream not sweet sixteen, just dream not Oh, I know you can't dream As fallen love will help you not Should have thought before dream Folly- your fate, spoilt- your life lo Look, how the satan escapes- so Folly- your fate Folly- your fate But no pity- rise, fight to grow