large, made a point of developing it in new directions not seen with English and French writers. In addition to German, the triolet also appeared in Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and possibly other languages during these two centuries. Moreover, in Brazil in the late 19th century, the triolet spawned a new, somewhat abbreviated, six-line verse form known as the biolet. Though possessing a long history, triolets, with the exception of France in the years from 1648 to 1652, have always been a relatively rare verse form. Nevertheless, the number of languages in which triolets have been written and the number of poets who have written triolets has steadily increased and it seems to be exhibiting a new vitality with the advent of the 21st century. Examples The following five triolets were written in 1651, 1806, 1870, 1877 and 1888, respectively, the first four being written by Englishmen and the last by an American. The French example referred to above[which one?], by Ranchin in c. 1690, was described by Edmund Gosse as "No more typical specimen of the [early French] triolet could be found": The modern English triolet The following is an example of a modern English triolet. In the last line the punctuation is altered; this is common although not strictly in keeping with the original form. Furthermore, the fact that the "berries now are gone" has a new relevance, the birds are going unfed, creates a new significance from the line repetition. References Further reading Hikaru Kitabayashi: The Tower of Babel, A Trioletic Anthology from Various Languages, Lulu Press Inc., 2017. Hikaru Kitabayashi: A Geolinguistic Chronicle of Early Triolet Dispersal in Western European Languages, Lulu Press Inc., 2017. A. Preminger, C. Scott, J. Kane: Triolet. In: Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman et al. (Hrsg.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. 4th edition. Princeton University Press 2012. External links How Great My Grief by Thomas Hardy Triolet on a Line Apocryphally Attributed to Martin Luther by A. E. Stallings The Country Wife (a double triolet) by Dana Gioia Valentine by Wendy Cope Gilda & Johnny, a triolet sequence by Antonia Clark The Triolet by Don Marquis Examples of Triolet Triolet Workshop Sentimental Triolet by Valerian Gaprindashvili in Georgian and parallel English translation with video Japanese Triolets by Qbu, transcribed using the Latin alphabet and appearing with an English translation. How to Write a Triolet (with Examples) by