triolet

noun

Definition of trioletnext
as in sonnet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triolet
  1. sonnet
  2. poem
  3. villanelle
  4. epigram
  5. elegy
  6. limerick
  7. rondeau
  8. ode
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.
    Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
  • And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?
    Constance Grady, Vox, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of sonnet
Noun
  • All kinds of essays, narratives, stories, encyclopedias, poems, and the like are scrutinized in a mathematical and computational fashion to ferret out the nature of human writing.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Harbaugh went on for two straight minutes, reciting the poem from memory.
    Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of poem
Noun
  • Elongated and paved with bricks, the path is a closed form, a kind of physical villanelle that thwarts the experience of continuity or the feeling of finitude.
    Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Susan Kinsolving’s villanelle obsessively circles the same two rhymes, keeping pace with the anxiety of a mind trying to cope.
    Clare Bucknell, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2020
Definition of villanelle
Noun
  • On his plane plastered with Trumpian epigrams, Vance makes the case for Trump’s second-term vision of enhanced executive power.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
    E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Definition of epigram
Noun
  • Tell, yell, hell, hello, elegy, tottle, otology, geology, theology.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Worm’s visualization of his collection, then, is an unwitting elegy of species pushed to the brink of existence by human pressures.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of elegy
Noun
  • Until then, feel free to send me your best limericks at mlunsford@tennessean.com.
    Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a person writing beautiful custom poems that are sort of dirty limericks.
    Emily Leibert, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of limerick
Noun
  • The Eater line is a partnership between Heritage and the food site that launched last year, but six new pieces were added this year, including a mini sauté pan ($120) and a roomy six-quart rondeau pan ($180) that’s perfect for searing, pan roasting, and simmering.
    BYChris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The set includes a saucepan, saucier, frying pan, and 5.2-quart rondeau.
    Molly Allen, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of rondeau
Noun
  • Lai Rai, a sleek new bar on Forsyth, is an ode to two of life’s greatest pleasures—natural wine and frozen confections.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This is, in large part thanks to iconic and spirit-lifting pieces like the 30 minute Revelations, created in 1960 to inspire our community to keep their faith in times of triumph, and Cry, a piece Mr. Ailey created as an ode to Black motherhood.
    Akili King, Essence, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of ode
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