Michael Edwards

FLAKES FALL

 

 

 

FLAKES FALL 

 

As snow flakes fall

Reflecting moon-lit silvery glow

As snow flakes fall

In cold response to winters call

From night times skies descending slow

A covering of winter snow

As snow flakes fall.

 

 

 

 

 

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

4 syllables (tetra-syllabic) or 4 syllables with two feet (dimeter)

and the other lines are twice as long – 8 syllables.