Alankar(Decor) -69

Their Race Yet Not Over(Kyrielle Poem) A narrative, it tells a story. stanzaic, in quatrains. syllabic, each line is 8 syllables. in iambic tetrameter. written with a refrain in the 4th line of the quatrain. Occasionally it is written in rhyming couplets. or when written in rhyming couplets the refrain is 2nd line of the couplet. rhymed, rhyme scheme may vary. Quatrain options abaB, cbcB, dbdB, or abbA accA or aabB ccbB or axaB cxcB B being the refrain and x being unrhymed. Couplets aA bB cC dD etc. Their race yet not over with that Else way tortoise as thought to race To run, to swim in halves, it sought It planned so wise to win the race Starting speeded with hare on land Plodding slowed with tortoise to race Yet in river tortoise swam freed It planned so wise to win the race Knowing not to swim the hare lost In haste was his challenge to race Knowing to swim tortoise swam fast It planned so wise to win the race