I Find Peace

In a place of heavenly rest,
it is there that I've built my nest;
and by laying aside my care,
I have found peace beyond compare.

The golden rays of heaven's light
shine down upon me in the night,
casting soft shadows everywhere -
I have found peace beyond compare.

In realms of God's glorious love,
not only in heaven above;
but by my seeking Him in prayer,
I have found peace beyond compare.

In a place of heavenly rest,
I have found peace beyond compare.

Copyright © 2006 by Karen M. Crump

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.