A Villanelle
Poetry Contest
Write a Villanelle on any subject.
No pictures. No special fonts. Just a poem.
Have your words convey your message.
If you are not familiar with the Villanelle poem style:
A Villanelle has two refrains/repeats,
R1/R2 that rhyme with "a" and another rhyming line "b"
It contains 5 tercets (three lines) and 1 quatrain (four lines).
R1a / b / R2a , tercets #1
a / b / R1a, tercets #2
a / b / R2a , tercets #3
a / b / R1a, tercets #4
a / b / R2a , tercets #5
a / b / R1a / R2a, quatrain
Probably a Great example of a modern Villanelle is:
"Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas.
See poets.org for his poem:
https://poets.org/poem/do-not-go-gentle-good-night
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