The lai is a French form. It’s a nine-line poem or stanza that uses an “a” and “b” rhyme following this pattern: aabaabaab. The lines with an “a” rhyme use 5 syllables; the “b” rhyme lines have 2 syllables. See examples done by some poets below: Introduce the Lai: It’s not a virelai. Clearly, Frenchman, […]

In the sea, under Are things that hunger. You see, We only wonder, Our minds don’t plunger. Maybe Pirates may plunder For things still under The sea. To feed this hunger, The hands of thunder I plee, Must stay far,yonder. If long we ponder We’d see, Lives old and younger Still survive under The sea. […]