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The '''kyrielle''' is a [[poetry|poetic]] form that originated in 15th century French [[troubadour]] poetry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-06-26 |title=How to Write a Kyrielle {{!}} Society of Classical Poets |url=https://classicalpoets.org/2018/06/26/how-to-write-a-kyrielle/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Name and form ==

The name kyrielle derives from the ''[[Kyrie|Kýrie]]'', which is part of many [[Christianity|Christian]] [[liturgy|liturgies]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyrielle {{!}} Poetic Form, French Verse, Rhyme Scheme {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/kyrielle |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> A traditional kyrielle is written in octosyllabic [[couplet|rhyming couplet]]s, which are typically paired in [[quatrain]]s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Kyrielle |url=https://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/reports2000/page3.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.public.asu.edu}}</ref> Typically, a kyrielle will use the phrase "Lord, have mercy" or a variation as a [[refrain]] as the second line of the couplet or last line of the quatrain. However, some kyrielles use other phrases or words for the refrain. There is no prescribed number of stanzas in a kyrielle, but most have at least three.<ref name=":0" /> 

There are a number of possible [[rhyme scheme]]s for a kyrielle, though the refrain is always the final line of each stanza.<ref name=":0" /> English kyrielles include [[Thomas Campion|Thomas Campion's]] "With broken heart and contrite sigh" and [[John Payne (poet)|John Payne's]] "A lark in the mesh of the tangled vine."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Poetry Online |url=https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Representative Poetry Online |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Western medieval lyric forms}}

[[Category:Western medieval lyric forms]]