[Stylist] new poem

[Barbara HAMMEL]

Chris, a villanelle is a nineteen lien poem. The first five stanzas have three lines. The trick is that the first and last lines of stanza one alternate as the last line of the next four stanzas. Then those two lines are used as the last two lines of the quatrain at the end. And, yes, there is a rhyme scheme. All these lines that repeat are rhymed with the first line of all the othe stanzas. The middle line of each stanza — or line two, if you will — has its own rhyme. So if I'm getting my lettering and numbering correct this poem would look like: a1ba2, aba1, aba2, aba1, aba2, aba1a2.

Barbara Hammel

On Dec 23, 2019, at 09:30, Chris Kuell via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:


Hey Annie,

I enjoyed this poem, thanks for sharing, and sorry to hear about your insomnia.

I’m probably mis-remembering, but doesn’t a villanelle have a stanza of rhyming lines, then each subsequent stanza starts with a different line from the first stanza, or is that another form?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Peace,

Chris

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