The Villanelle

Under the dark blue sky, 1

While the weather rumbled b
A man prepared himself to die 2

The man gave out a shill cry a
While he was running he stumbled b
Under the dark blue sky 1

A woman screamed my o my a
As she saw him her heart trembled b
She thought the man was high 2

But because she was shy a
Her thoughts of saving him crumbled b
Under the dark blue sky 1

So the poor guy a
Hopelessly mumbled b
And asked himself Why? 2

At that moment he realised his life was a lie a
He was lonely and abandoned b
Under the dark blue sky 1
He kissed life good bye. 2


Villanelle example
The art of losing isnt hard to master;
So many things seem filled with the intent
To be lost that their loss is no disaster,

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
Of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isnt hard to master.

Then practise losing farther, losing faster:
Places, and names, and where it was you meant
To travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mothers watch. And look! My last, or
Next-to-last, of three beloved houses went.
The art of losing isnt hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
Some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasnt a disaster.

--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shant have lied. Its evident
The art of losings not too hard to master
Though it may look like (Write it!) a disaster
Villanelle explanation
1. It is a poem of nineteen lines.

2. It has five stanzas, each of three lines, with a final one of four lines.

3. The first line of the first stanza is repeated as the last line of the
second and fourth stanzas.

4. The third line of the first stanza is repeated as the last line of the
third and fifth stanzas.

5. These two refrain lines follow each other to become the second-to-
last and last lines of the poem.

6. The rhyme scheme is aba. The rhymes are repeated according to the
refrain.


Reflection on Villanelle

I liked the villanelle because I like to find rhymes while doing
literature. I think it gives the poem a harmony and makes it more joyful to
read. But the fact that I enjoyed it didnt change the fact that I had
difficulties while finding appropriate rhymes. I tried to find the words that
both rhymed and fit into my poems subject. I didnt let the words craft the
subject of my poem, I tried to find and craft the words that fit into my
poems topic. I also liked how some of the lines repeated themselves
throughout the poem, it made me feel like those lines were tidying up the
poem and refocusing the reader on the topic I was writing about. Overall, I
enjoyed writing the villanelle.