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1. Villanelle
   A poem (normally) consisting of 19 lines - arranged as five triplets and one final quatrain. The intricate rhyme scheme of the villanelle is furnished by the first triplet: A(1)-B-A(2) and is then repeated twice in the form of A-B-A(1) and A-B-A(2) and then concluded with the quatrain rhymed A-B-A(1...
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2. Villanelle
   Vil`la·nelle' noun [ French] A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W. Gosse.
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3. Villanelle
   • (pl. ) of Villanella • (n.) A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close.
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4. villanelle
   rustic song in Italy, where the term originated (Italian villanella from villano: `peasant`); the term was used in France to designate a short poem ... [1 related articles]
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5. villanelle
   an Italian verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas (tercets) and a final quatrain, possessing only two rhymes, repeating the first and third lines of the first stanza alternately in the following stanzas, and combining those two refrain lines into the final couplet in the quatrain. Examples...
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6. Villanelle
   A `villanelle` is a poetic form that entered English-language poetry in the 19th century from the imitation of French models.<ref name=Kane>Kane, Julie. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_language_quarterly/v064/64.4kane.html "The Myth of the Fixed-Form Villanelle". Modern Language ...
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