Dizains are ten-line poems that usually retain ten syllables in every line, commonly in Iambic pentameter. They feature a strict ABABBCCDCD rhyme scheme that informally divides the poem up into two separate sections. The form got its start in France around roughly the 15th and 16th centuries.
The kyrielle is a stanzaic French poetic form comprised wholly of quatrains. The rhyme scheme can vary from poet to poet but is expected to be present, as is a refrain that will be featured throughout the entirety of the poem as the last line of every verse. Each line of a kyrielle is octosyllabic (eight syllables).
The Rondeau is a fixed poem type of French origin. It is composed of 15 lines that are divided into three stanzas namely, a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet. The first and the last lines of a rondeau are identical and it follows the aabba aabR aabbaR rhyme scheme.
A ballade is an old verse form of French origin. It usually consists of three main stanzas with eight lines, and an envoi that consists of four lines. The ballade has several variations including the double ballade, double-refrain, ballade supreme, and chant royal or grand ballade.