The name kyrielle derives from the
KýrieKýrie is from the Greek word κύριε , the vocative case of κύριος , meaning O Lord. It is the common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called Kýrie, eléison which is Greek for Lord, have mercy....
, which is part of many
ChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who Christians believe was the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, and the Son of God.The term "Christian" is also used adjectivally to...
liturgiesA liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group, according to its particular traditions. The word may refer to an elaborate formal ritual such as the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy and Catholic Mass, or a daily activity such as the Muslim salat and Jewish services...
. A kyrielle is written in
rhyming coupletA couplet is a pair of lines of verse. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.While traditionally couplets rhyme, not all do. A poem may use white space to mark out couplets if they do not rhyme. Couplets with a meter of iambic pentameter are called heroic couplets....
s or
quatrainA Quatrain is a stanza of poetry consisting of four lines. Existing in various forms, the quatrain appears in poems from ancient civilizations including Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome continues into the 21st century where it is seen in works published in several languages.-Forms:*The heroic stanza...
s. It may use the phrase "Lord, have mercy", or a variant on it, as a
refrainA refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
as the second line of the couplet or last line of the quatrain. In less strict usage, other phrases, and sometimes single words, are used as the refrain. Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the number of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.
If the kyrielle is written in couplets, the
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will be: a-A, a-A.
Name and form
The name kyrielle derives from the
KýrieKýrie is from the Greek word κύριε , the vocative case of κύριος , meaning O Lord. It is the common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called Kýrie, eléison which is Greek for Lord, have mercy....
, which is part of many
ChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who Christians believe was the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, and the Son of God.The term "Christian" is also used adjectivally to...
liturgiesA liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group, according to its particular traditions. The word may refer to an elaborate formal ritual such as the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy and Catholic Mass, or a daily activity such as the Muslim salat and Jewish services...
. A kyrielle is written in
rhyming coupletA couplet is a pair of lines of verse. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.While traditionally couplets rhyme, not all do. A poem may use white space to mark out couplets if they do not rhyme. Couplets with a meter of iambic pentameter are called heroic couplets....
s or
quatrainA Quatrain is a stanza of poetry consisting of four lines. Existing in various forms, the quatrain appears in poems from ancient civilizations including Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome continues into the 21st century where it is seen in works published in several languages.-Forms:*The heroic stanza...
s. It may use the phrase "Lord, have mercy", or a variant on it, as a
refrainA refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
as the second line of the couplet or last line of the quatrain. In less strict usage, other phrases, and sometimes single words, are used as the refrain. Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the number of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.
If the kyrielle is written in couplets, the
rhyme schemequote this will not help you at all with home work language practice week 7 msl students in 6th gradedo not use wiki for msl language practice week seven it will not help with unless we are doing stanza's and things...
will be: a-A, a-A. There are a number of possible rhyme schemes for kyrielle constructed in quatrains, including a-a-b-B, c-c-b-B and a-b-a-B, c-b-c-B (uppercase letters signify the refrain). In the original
FrenchFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
kyrielle, lines were generally octosyllabic. In English, the lines are generally
iambAn iamb or iambus is a metrical foot used in various types of poetry. Originally the term referred to one of the feet of the quantitative meter of classical Greek prosody: a short syllable followed by a long syllable...
ic
tetrameterIn poetry, a tetrameter is a line of four metrical feet. The particular foot, of course, can vary, as follows:*Anapestic tetrameter:**"And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea" *Iambic tetrameter:**"Because I could not stop for Death" *Trochaic...
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An example
This kyrielle is by
Thomas CampionThomas Campion, was an English composer, poet and physician.-Biography:Campion was born in London and studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, but left without taking a degree. He later entered Gray's Inn to study law in 1586. However, he left in 1595 without having been called to the bar...
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A Lenten Hymn
- With broken heart and contrite sigh,
- A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry:
- Thy pard’ning grace is rich and free:
- O God, be merciful to me.
- I smite upon my troubled breast,
- With deep and conscious guilt oppress,
- Christ and His cross my only plea:
- O God, be merciful to me.
- Far off I stand with tearful eyes,
- Nor dare uplift them to the skies;
- But Thou dost all my anguish see:
- O God, be merciful to me.
- Nor alms, nor deeds that I have done,
- Can for a single sin atone;
- To Calvary alone I flee:
- O God, be merciful to me.
- And when, redeemed from sin and hell,
- With all the ransomed throng I dwell,
- My raptured song shall ever be,
- God has been merciful to me.
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