What are villanelles? They are a type of poem originating in France derived from Italian folk songs. It consists of 19 lines and is divided into five stanzas called tercets (sets of three lines), ended by a quatrain (set of four lines). Also, there are two lines in the poem that typically are repeated throughout the poem’s entirety. Not only that, but there is a rhyme scheme. The tercets rhyme aba, and the quatrain rhymes abaa. I would map it out but it has been frustrating trying to get the blog format to work so I have provided a link which includes more information along with sample poems.
http://www.public.asu.edu/~aarios/formsofverse/reports2000/page8.html
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