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villanelle

/vil-uh-nel/US // ˌvɪl əˈnɛl //UK // (ˌvɪləˈnɛl) //

维拉内尔,维拉内尔语,维拉奈尔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Prosody.

    • : a short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five in number, followed by a final quatrain, all being based on two rhymes.

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Examples

  • The great villanelle of serial failure, the inevitability of which is perfectly underscored by the form.

  • The Villanelle is written in five three-lined stanzas, concluding with one of four lines.

  • The Villanelle has been called "the most ravishing jewel worn by the Muse Erato."

  • And so it proved; he heard a sweet voice singing an old villanelle with a slow and melancholy refrain.

  • This he followed by English versions of the rondel, rondeau and villanelle.

  • Here, as in the villanelle, a change of signification in the repeated lines is thought to add to the charm of the form.