Theme : A poem about non- human or non-living thing
In the life dreary, we please you in ways sweet,
With us, in bliss you always dwell,
Though our love is forbidden, we find ways to meet.
During times of distress we’re a luscious treat,
In endearing ways with you we gel,
In the dreary life, we please you in ways sweet.
Our relationship is bittersweet,
Your generous curves would tell,
Though our love is forbidden, we find ways to meet.
Morning, noon or night–we’re always there to greet,
We lure you with our looks and smell,
In the life dreary, we please you in ways sweet.
The scale, Oh boy! You strive to cheat,
‘cause in love with us you fell,
Though our love is forbidden, we find ways to meet.
Our love story is upbeat,
We’ve cast you under our spell,
In the life dreary, we please you in ways sweet,
Though our love is forbidden, we find ways to meet.
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Written as a 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲
The Villanelle is known for its repeated lines and a refrain. It consists of five tercets and a quatrain (6 stanzas or 19 lines in total). The form is expressed this way:
A1 b A2 (1st tercet)
a b A1 (2nd tercet)
a b A2 (3rd tercet)
a b A1 (4th tercet)
a b A2 (5th tercet)
a b A1 A2 (a quatrain; last stanza-serves as the poem’s concluding lines)
The capitals are for the refrains and lowercase letters are for the rhymes.
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