Dandizette--a style with rules as follows:
3 six line stanzas
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the form is partially inspired by the villanelle, and
features a TRICKY repetition of FOUR refrain lines
in the FINAL stanza.

The syllazble count for the FIRST TWO stanzas is 8/6/8/8/6/8.
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The LAST STANZA has lines of
6/6/6/6/8/8 syllables.
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The RHYME SCHEME (ababcbcbcdcdbcbcee)
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IMPORTANT:
The final stanza is composed of lines 2, 5, 8, 11 from the PREVIOUS TWO stanzas, PLUS a concluding RHYMING COUPLET.
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Where they reappear in the last stanza, the FOUR REPEATED LINES NEED TO MAKE SENSE together as well as MAKING SENSE WHERE FIRST USED
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METER IS OPTIONAL.
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For author notes, I suggest just the basic rules about the rhyme scheme, the layout of stanzas and that meter is optional (No one really reads the example poem, right?).
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SUGGESTION:
Write your final stanza first then start with the first one. Hopefully
this will help to make sure that the last stanza makes sense
(c) Lawrencealot

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