Post by Elle Rush on Mar 18, 2003 8:15:57 GMT -5
An example of VILLANELLE
Re: The One For Me
The Villanelle
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A Villanelle is a poem of nineteen lines, consisting of five tercets
and a quatrain. The first line serves as a refrain, repeated on
lines six, twelve and eighteen. The third line is another refrain,
repeated on lines nine, fifteen and nineteen.
Both refrains are
to rhyme with each other and the opening lines of each stanza.
The middle lines of each stanza rhyme with each other.
It must be consistent in meter. Therefore it can be tetrameter or iambic pentameter. But, it must be uniformly consistent throughout. A villanelle is 'accentual syllabic', but the lines can be any length. This means one can choose an iambic pentameter or perhaps a tetrameter.
The rhyme scheme is thus
ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA.
(Below is an example of iambic tetrameter):
The blackbird singing in the tree ............... 1
Who's music drives this summer day
Recalls that other place to me ................... 3
Where I must go from reverie
I wake and leave, though wish to stay
The blackbird singing in the tree ............... 6
Demands, insisting urgently
You will return without delay
Recalls the other place to me. ................... 9
Of ancient quiet and mystery
That takes all ache and pain away
The blackbird singing in the tree ............... 12
Weaves his plaintive melody
As evening to night yields away
Recalls the other place to me .................... 15
As I am now, so shall you be
These words inscribed on tomb of grey
And blackbird singing in the tree ............... 18
Recall that other place to me. .................... 19
Re: The One For Me
The Villanelle
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A Villanelle is a poem of nineteen lines, consisting of five tercets
and a quatrain. The first line serves as a refrain, repeated on
lines six, twelve and eighteen. The third line is another refrain,
repeated on lines nine, fifteen and nineteen.
Both refrains are
to rhyme with each other and the opening lines of each stanza.
The middle lines of each stanza rhyme with each other.
It must be consistent in meter. Therefore it can be tetrameter or iambic pentameter. But, it must be uniformly consistent throughout. A villanelle is 'accentual syllabic', but the lines can be any length. This means one can choose an iambic pentameter or perhaps a tetrameter.
The rhyme scheme is thus
ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA.
(Below is an example of iambic tetrameter):
The blackbird singing in the tree ............... 1
Who's music drives this summer day
Recalls that other place to me ................... 3
Where I must go from reverie
I wake and leave, though wish to stay
The blackbird singing in the tree ............... 6
Demands, insisting urgently
You will return without delay
Recalls the other place to me. ................... 9
Of ancient quiet and mystery
That takes all ache and pain away
The blackbird singing in the tree ............... 12
Weaves his plaintive melody
As evening to night yields away
Recalls the other place to me .................... 15
As I am now, so shall you be
These words inscribed on tomb of grey
And blackbird singing in the tree ............... 18
Recall that other place to me. .................... 19
