The villanelle has 19 lines, 5 stanzas of three lines and 1 stanza of four lines with two rhymes and two refrains. The 1st, then the 3rd lines alternate as the last lines of stanzas 2,3,and 4, and then stanza 5 (the end) as a couplet. It is usually written in tetrameter (4 feet) or pentameter.The structure is:
line 1 - a - 1st refrain
line 2 - b
line 3 - a - 2nd refrain
line 4 - a
line 5 - b
line 6 - a - 1st refrain (same as line 1)
line 7 - a
line 8 - b
line 9 - a - 2nd refrain (same as line 3)
line 10 - a
line 11 - b
line 12 - a - 1st refrain (same as line 1)
line 13 - a
line 14 - b
line 15 - a - 2nd refrain (same as line 3)
line 16 - a
line 17 - b
line 18 - a - 1st refrain (same as line 1)
line 19 - a - 2nd refrain (same as line 3)
Only Yesterday
It seems like only yesterday
I felt your fingers tiny grip.
You smiled and laughed and loved to play
Building blocks and modeling clay.
Attached as always to my hip
It seems like only yesterday.
I lost you in the shops one day
Into the dress rack you did slip.
You smiled and laughed and loved to play
You didn't really run away.
T'was such a frightful shopping trip.
It seems like only yesterday
You brought me breakfast on a tray
Flowers, toast, and coffee to sip
You smiled and laughed and loved to play.
But growing I cannot delay
These apron strings I have to snip.
It seems like only yesterday
You smiled and laughed and loved to play.
Can someone help me create a villanelle?
Sure - just follow these guidelines -
The villanelle has 19 lines, 5 stanzas of three lines and 1 stanza of four lines with two rhymes and two refrains. The 1st, then the 3rd lines alternate as the last lines of stanzas 2,3,and 4, and then stanza 5 (the end) as a couplet. It is usually written in tetrameter (4 feet) or pentameter.
Good luck!
[Surely you didn't expect us to write one for you, did you? That's not "helping," that's fostering plagiarism.]
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