Theme : A Fairytale Rewritten

 

Long ago, in a tower tall, there lived an imprisoned princess,

Rapunzel was her name, long was her hair,

She didn’t need a prince to rescue her, ‘cause her strength was no less.

 

A vile witch had captured her and thrown her in distress,

To reach the heights above, none chose to dare,

Long ago, in a tower tall, there lived an imprisoned princess.

 

Her strengths and weaknesses, Rapunzel did assess,

Oh! Never did she drown herself in despair,

She didn’t need a prince to rescue her, ‘cause her strength was no less.

 

She lifted weights, sculpted her core with absolute finesse,

Her chopped hair transformed to battle ropes, her arm strength– beyond compare,

Long ago, in a tower tall, there lived an imprisoned princess.

 

She honed her intellect by playing the game of chess,

With her mind and body she strived to prepare,

She didn’t need a prince to rescue her, ‘cause her strength was no less.

 

Eventually the witch was no match for Rapunzel’s strength–she became helpless,

Her strategies, with the world, Rapunzel did proudly share,

Long ago, in a tower tall, there lived an imprisoned princess,

She didn’t need a prince to rescue her, ‘cause her strength was no less.

 

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𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦 : 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘺𝘮𝘴.

 

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, 𝗔𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱