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Villanelle – 4
 Take for
example stanza 5
Perhaps the roses really want to grow,
------ Enjambment
The vision seriously intends to stay;
------ Enjambment
If I could tell you, I would let you know.
------ End – stopped
Each of the lines deal with a different subject and hence could have been
end-stopped sentences as they complete a thought. However having them
enjambed increases the ease of reading, smoothens the poems and makes it
more effective.
To better
understand this, see the poem after deleting all the refrain lines, it
would look like this:
Time only
knows the price we have to pay;
If we should weep when clowns put on their show,
If we should stumble when musicians play,
There are no fortunes to be told, although,
Because I love you more than I can say,
The winds must come from somewhere when they blow,
There must be reasons why the leaves decay;
Perhaps the roses really want to grow,
The vision seriously intends to stay;
Suppose all the lions get up and go,
And all the brooks and soldiers run away;
These are not
exactly independent thoughts but beautiful justifications or support
system for the refrain lines. The refrain would collapse without them.
Writing a villanelle
It is important
to know which thoughts can be converted into a villanelle and which can’t
be. To write a good villanelle you need to have a solid base to make the
refrain and enough thoughts to lead into the refrain.
The repetition in a Villanelle made this form popular with audiences. The
repetition allowed the listener to catch the poem more clearly at first
hearing or first reading.
A writer of a Villanelle can use the repetition to delve more deeply into
her material. Each stanza can revise, amplify, and show more facets of
what the poet feels.
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Continued
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