Ah, a haiku. Or a senryu, I guess, since there's no seasonal reference. It creates a nice image of rebirth in the midst of destruction.

I might not have figured it out without the prompt it was written to, but I guess the speaker is a phoenix? One that's been confined, it seems, but why is unknown. Interesting that the B rhymes are ones that can be taken as either one syllable or two (though it technically doesn't matter, since the form doesn't require meter; with the two-syllable version, it's all the same meter on every line, or for one-syllable versions, that still persists for all such lines and is consistent). And that structure! A rondeau redouble, which I wouldn't have known, except I just wrote one a month ago. And what a pain it is to write since it's a long form to use only two rhymes (much easier to do in the original French, since they have so many more words that rhyme). I'm impressed you found that many to work with the two-syllable rhymes. (In my case, the half-line at the end also rhymed with the A lines, but that's also not a requirement). Well done.

I like the structure and rhythm of this, but I must admit I'm lost. Taken literally, I have no idea what's happening. Given the last line, it suggests maybe this is nonsense verse, which is fine, but in case it's a tad more than that, I went back through looking for puns and couldn't identify any, so if they're present, they're going over my head.

>>Pascoite
Thank you for the kind comment. This was a subject on my mind recently, as I mentioned elsewhere.

>>Pascoite
This is a specimen of the sort of nonsense verse that may tumble forth when one has forgotten about the event all day and only remembered to write at 3 AM. I took care of the sounds and mostly let the sense take care of itself, searching for assonances and failing as described to come up with a closing pun that would justify things. Thank you for your kind words!

>>Pascoite

Thanks!

Yeah, I'll definitely need to whole phoenix idea in there better when sending it out. Oh, and if you're looking for a form where the half-line is supposed to rhyme with the B lines, check out the Roundel. It's got fewer lines, too, which makes it work a lot better in English. :)

Mike