Terza Rima

Terza Rima uses interlocking three-line stanzas (tercets) with the rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc, creating a flowing and musical sequence.

Example

River Dream

The river hums beneath a silver sky (a)
I cast my thought upon the drifting tide (b)
And watch the stars reflected drift and die. (a)

They burn, and vanish, carried by the glide (b)
Of time that whispers softly through the reeds, (c)
And all my restless heart is pacified. (b)
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