UNRECOGNIZABLE: A Rondelet

Lost expression

Broken reflection in the glass

Lost expression

Vacant, black, hollow eyes stare back

Piercing darkness permeates through 

Leaning closer, I question “who?”

Lost expression

The Prompt: You wake up to discover a completely different, unknown face staring back at you from the mirror. Reena’s Xploration Challenge #239

The Rondelet is a French form consisting of a single septet with two rhymes and one refrain: AbAabbA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats. The refrain is written in tetra-syllabic or dimeter and the other lines are twice as long – octasyllabic or tetrameter.

Line 1 :: A—four syllables

Line 2 :: b—eight syllables

Line 3 :: A—repeat of line one

Line 4 :: a—eight syllables

Line 5 :: b—eight syllables

Line 6 :: b—eight syllables

Line 7 :: A—repeat of line one

Published by raelynpracht

Writer. Reader. Lifetime Learner. Follower of Christ.

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