General Poetry posted September 8, 2016 |
A Villanelle
What is this moon?
by tfawcus
Villanelle contest entry
Recognized |
The villanelle consists of five stanzas of three lines (tercets) followed by a single stanza of four lines (a quatrain) for a total of nineteen lines. It is structured by two repeating rhymes and two refrains: the first line of the first stanza serves as the last line of the second and fourth stanzas, and the third line of the first stanza serves as the last line of the third and fifth stanzas. The villanelle has no established meter, although most 20th-century villanelles have used pentameter. Slight alteration of the refrain line is permissible.
Glossary
A wight: a spirit, ghost, or other supernatural being.
A gibbet: a gallows
Many thanks to Moonwillow for the atmospheric image.
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and 2 member cents. Glossary
A wight: a spirit, ghost, or other supernatural being.
A gibbet: a gallows
Many thanks to Moonwillow for the atmospheric image.
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