What's the difference between quatrain and villanelle?

Quatrain


Definition:

  • (n.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.

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Villanelle


Definition:

  • (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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She had to write 10 poems, including, impressively, a sonnet, a villanelle and a cento, but thinks her narrative poem Metamorphosis was her best.

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