Shadows on the Moon

Shadows on the Moon

Across the moon the shadows race,
dim silhouettes of days gone by.
As I reach out to grasp a trace,
across the moon the shadows race,
they blur the features of your face.
Though my heart breaks, I cannot cry.
Across the moon the shadows race,
dim silhouettes of days gone by.



Form: Triolet:

* 8 lines.
* Two rhymes.
* 5 of the 8 lines are repeated or refrain lines.
* First line repeats at the 4th and 7th lines.
* Second line repeats at the 8th line.
* Rhyme scheme (where an upper-case letter indicates the appearance of an identical line, while a lower-case letter indicates a rhyme with each line designated by the same lower-case or upper-case letter):

A
B
a - Rhymes with 1st line.
A - Identical to 1st line.
a - Rhymes with 1st line.
b - Rhymes with 2nd line.
A - Identical to 1st line.
B - Identical to 2nd line.