Irish Stew

'Twas long ago when your love was true
Reilly's meant- coffee for two.
Now, I'm alone, how can this be?
Come back Sean Moore, come back to me.

Our waitress with her eyes of blue,
Cast her bewitching spell over you.
Sharing you, I did not foresee.
Come back Sean Moore, come back to me.

Cornbread, cabbage, and Irish Stew-
She stole you away with her brew.
I wait for her to set you free.
Come back Sean Moore, come back to me.

'Twas long ago when your love was true.
Come back Sean Moore, come back to me.


Form: Kyrielle Sonnet

A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non-rhyming couplet).
Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a
refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet
consists of only eight syllables. French poetry forms have a tendency to link back to the beginning
of the poem, so common practice is to use the first and last line of the first quatrain as the ending
couplet. This would also re-enforce the refrain within the poem. Therefore, a good rhyming scheme
for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:

AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB.