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Villanelle: A Villanelle consists of 2 rhymes (A,B) and 2 repeating lines that also rhyme. It's scheme consists of either 5 tercets and one ending quatrain, or 5 three-line stanzas and one four-line stanza with 2 repeating lines (C,D). It's roots go back to Italy, but was popularized in France. Below is a Villanelle I wrote for the poem to the right. To help understand the layout, I have labeled the 4 varying types of lines as A,B,C,D. I'm too old for this C My hands are too weak to climb this today B the corporate ladder has taken its toll D I'm losing my footing, don't fall I pray A while they climb over I have no say B to the top is their ultimate goal C my hands are too weak to climb this today A political games and hired guns are the way B circumstances diminish my role D I'm losing my footing, don't fall I pray A years have passed by and I don't want to play B my life and career through a hole C my hands are too weak to climb this today A fear has forsaken, a price I did pay B swirling and flushed in a toilet bowl D I'm losing my footing, don't fall I pray A I'm ending this act, it's too wrong to stay B inside I search to retrieve my soul C My hands are too weak to climb this today D I'm losing my footing, don't fall I pray Written by: Tracy Lynn Repchuk Go here to post your lesson results |
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