Villanelle Poems Repetition and Refrain
Grade 17 · ELA · 55 min
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Learning Objective
I can analyze the effect of repetition and refrain in a villanelle.
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A villanelle is a 19-line poem with a strict structure, including a simplistic rhyme scheme and repeating lines.
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Originally, villanelles mimicked an Italian dance song and focused on pastoral themes, but modern poets have expanded the subject matter.
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In a villanelle, the first and third lines of the first stanza repeat throughout the poem, and the final stanza's rhyming pattern is ABAA.
