The ocean found peace at last, on the shore,
When the tides rose and then dipped no more,
With frothy fingers, it caressed the sand,
And with a gentle sigh fell from the land,
But the waves rushed back, once again to soar.

The demure land, the ocean did adore,
Pushed away, yet it would come as before,
It still persisted, its patience, eons spanned
The ocean found peace.

A gentle wave, at times a swelling roar,
A quiet spray that one cannot ignore;
Sometimes, from the earth, it seems to demand
Silence for answers, its does reprimand,
With salty tears, its heart, in hope does pour.
The ocean found peace.

 A 15 line poem, the Rondeau, for Day 15.

As with other French forms, there is an element ofrhyming and repetition in the rondeau. In fact, the Rondeau is related tothe triolet. The Rondeau is comprised of 15 lines across three stanzas with the first word or phrase from the first line represented as a refrain (A) and a rhyme scheme of two rhymes throughout (a and b). The rhyme and refrain scheme looks like this:

A . a. b. b. a   a. a. b. A   a. a.b. b. a. A

The a and b lines are usually eight or 10 syllables in length. The refrain is usually one to three words (or so).

~Robert Lee Brewer on Poetic Asides (www.writersdigest.com)~