#alsnapowrimo2024

#day25

 

Theme : I wish I were young

 

How I wish to be a child again,

And fly merrily to a world of fantasy,

Alas! Adulthood seems such a pain.

 

Dwelling in a world of my own, as a child I’d never complain,

Nestled in my mother’s lap, contended I’ll be,

How I wish to be a child again.

 

As a child, friends from my imagination would pop in to entertain,

Playing with them I’d forever be happy,

Alas! Adulthood seems such a pain.

 

Legos,paper boats or a rumbling toy train,

I’d have tea parties with dolls pretty,

How I wish to be a child again.

 

During those golden days with problems none and nothing to strain,

I enjoyed my life with utmost glee,

Alas! Adulthood seems such a pain.

 

With responsibilities several now, loaded seems my brain,

Monotonous is my life, I’m hardly free,

How I wish to be a child again,

Alas! Adulthood seems such a pain.

 

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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.

 

𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 : Bing