Friday, April 1, 2011

Lai - Noise

This is a very old French form of short verse. It is made up of a five syllable couplet and a two syllable line and repeats twice. The structure is as followed:

xxxxa
xxxxa
xb
xxxxa
xxxxa
xb
xxxxa
xxxxa
xb

“Noise”

Alarm clock rings so
very early. Oh!
Such noise.
Cars on the street low
honking so loud. Oh!
Such noise.
People talk and woe
screaming, howling. Oh!
Such noise.

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