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triolet poem

 A Triolet is a poetic form


consisting of only 8 lines.
Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th,
and 7th lines repeat, and the
2nd and 8th lines do as well.
The rhyme scheme is simple:
ABaAabAB, capital letters
representing the repeated
lines.
Death is a thief at night
by Jay Mendez

Death comes like a thief at night,


One must be preparef for it.
To do that, he does things right.
Death comes like a a thief at night.
When one's ready, he's no fright;
Death comes like a thief at night,
One must be prepared for it.

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