Villanelle

A ** villanelle ** is a form poem that follows this formula...

It has 19 lines with 6 stanzas. The first 5 stanzas are 3 lines long and the last stanza is 4 lines long.

The rhyme scheme is as follows... A  b  AA

a b  A

a b  AA

a b  A

a b  AA

a b  A  AA

The capital letters represent line repetition. Read the following poems and look for the line repetition.