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The disunited United State

The disunited United States
Will it survive this turmoil, the world waits

Divided into two warring tribes
Blue and red camps give off strange vibes

Blue states see red states as medieval
Red states see blue states as evil

Will we fall apart if that is our fates
Both sides engaged in dark bribes
Revolutionary upheaval


The Trine is a poem of nine lines having an equal length and a rhyme scheme of aa, bb, cc, abc, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-trine-trine/

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1847-trine/

The Trine is a verse form that originated in France and is described at Poetry Base. Trine is an Anglo-French meaning "three each" and in astronomy, it is three planets 120 degrees adjacent to each other forming an equilateral triangle.
The elements of the Trine are:

a poem in 9 lines made up of 3 rhymed couplets followed by a tercet.
isosyllabic, (same syllable count), using the French Heroic line, the Alexandrine. Since the Alexandrine line is more easily executed in French than in English, it would be appropriate to utilize the line at least once, but it is not a prerequisite for all lines. (I use 9 syllable lines in the example below, only L7, L8 and L9 are an Alexandrine Line}.

rhymed, rhyme scheme a b b c c a b c.