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.

Compare villanelle with other words:

villanella vs. villanelle

ballad vs. villanelle

sonnet vs. villanelle

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quatrain vs. villanelle

tercet vs. villanelle

poetry vs. villanelle