Against the wind,
Usually runs the path of life;
Against the wind
Lie worlds you never imagined.
Persevere through troubles and strife,
Though life does run, with hurdles rife,
Against the wind.

A seven line poem - the form is a rondelet.

Basically speaking, in poetry a septet is a poem consisting of seven lines, and of any form or meter. It falls in-between the two ingredients of a sonnet, the octave and the sestet, and although a popular form for a short while has lost favour. One would suggest if this form had been popular with an English king rather than a Scottish one it would have achieved a greater popularity for a longer period, considering that it makes a far more balanced Sonnet form. It's probably a pity also that Chaucer didn't have as great an influence on the English court as Shakespeare did.

Some of the forms are as follows:

>Pleiades - Seven lines, each starting with same letter as title and any meter

>Rime Royal  - Each stanza; a. b. a. b. b. c. c. any meter

>Rondelet  - A. b. A. a. b. b. A.;  lines 1, 3 and  7 are tetrasyllabic while lines 2, 4 and  6 are octasylabic

>Saraband - a. x. a. b. c. b. c.. the Spanish version is a. a. a. b. c. c. b. while the Italian follows a. x. a. b. b. c. c..

>Septet - a. a. b. b. c. c. x.. Blank Verse, free verse, or any meter

>Sevenling  - x. x. x.. x. x. x.. x.. Blank Verse, free verse, or any meter

> Sicilian Septet  - a. b. a. b. a. b. a.no set form, later Iambic

>Spanish Septet or Septilla  - a. a. b. c. c. b. a. no set form, later Iambic.

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