What is a Symetrelle

• 10 line form
• First line and last line has a single subject line that is 7 syllables.
• Followed by a 9 syllable mono-rhyme couplet (2 lines)
• Followed by an 11 syllable mono-rhyme quatrain (4 lines)
• Followed by a 9 syllable mono-rhyme quatrain that rhymes with lines 2&3
• Last line is a repeat of the first line

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The Snow Leopard Symetrelle
by Michael Romani

The snow leopard eludes us

A Himalayan sense of mystery cat
Pads along the slope where she is at

She has learned to keep hidden from our eyes
Keeping a far distance across azure skies
She has learned from the Yeti 's echoed cries
That mystery remains the word to the wise

She watches perched in elegance 
And flips her long tail in diffidence

The snow leopard eludes us

(c) September 19, 2017 Michael Romani
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