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/vɪləˈnɛl/ · noun
(poetry) A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes..
By definition the villanelle is restrictive, because it demands nineteen lines on two rhymes in six stanzas, the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the concluding quatrain.
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Villanelle means (poetry) A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes..
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By definition the villanelle is restrictive, because it demands nineteen lines on two rhymes in six stanzas, the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the concluding quatrain.
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