Above the Rooftops Above the rooftops bursting bold Soot-tinged clouds of billowing smoke Throughout the valley it rolled. Above the rooftops bursting bold Do children’s voices echo, told To play in early winter chill, these small folk. Above the rooftops bursting bold, Soot-tinged clouds of billowing smoke. Triolet: * 8 lines * Two rhymes * Rhyme scheme: * A * B * a - rhymes with 1st line * A - exact same as first line * a - rhymes with 1st line * b - rhymes with 2nd line * A - exact same as first line (identical) * B - exact same as 2nd line (identical) * Some triolet poems are composed with 8 syllable or 10 syllable lines, as a challenge