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VillanellesVillanelles
Not just for stuffy old men
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HistoryHistory• Started as ballad, songs• Translated “villanelle” means “country song”• Known as a French form of poetry but most
villanelles are written in English.
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The FormThe Form• It is a rhyme-and-refrain pattern consisting of
5 tercets and one quatrain at the end.• The rhyme throughout the 5 tercets is ABA
and the quatrain at the end is ABAA.• There is a refrain of A1 and A2 throughout the
poem. – A1 and A2 represent a word that is repeated at
the end of certain lines
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A Closer LookA Closer LookRefrain 1 (A1) Line 2 (b) Refrain 2 (A2) Line 4 (a) Line 5 (b) Refrain 1 (A1) Line 7 (a) Line 8 (b) Refrain 2 (A2) Line 10 (a) Line 11 (b) Refrain 1 (A1) Line 13 (a) Line 14 (b) Refrain 2 (A2) Line 16 (a) Line 17 (b) Refrain 1 (A1) Refrain 2 (A2)
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An Example!An Example!• The jargon of poetry can be confusing so let’s
look at an example from Sylvia Plath
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Mad Girl’s Love Song by Sylvia PlathI shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) The stars go waltzing out in blue and red, And arbitrary blackness gallops in: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. (I think I made you up inside my head.) God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade: Exit seraphim and Satan's men: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I fancied you'd return the way you said, But I grow old and I forget your name. (I think I made you up inside my head.) I should have loved a thunderbird instead; At least when spring comes they roar back again. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.)
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Your turn!Your turn!• Take your copy of Mad Girl’s Love Song and,
using the rhyme and refrain pattern, diagram the poem with the people at your table.
• Be ready to discuss and defend your answers.• You have 5 minutes.
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Test your knowledgeTest your knowledge• Read the poem with the people at your table• Determine whether the poem is or is not a
villanelle• Use what you know about the definition of a
villanelle to support your answer• You will have 5 minutes
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You be the Author!You be the Author!• Using a lap top from the cart write a villanelle.• I am not concerned with your abilities as a
writer, I am only looking for you to follow the guidelines of the Villanelle (rhyme and refrain)