A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa.

The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).

I haven't been able to find anywhere where it outlines specific syllable counts.

Please feel free to suggest changes or point out where I bungled the form!

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