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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Villanelle

· Vil·la·nelle · IPA /vɪləˈnɛl/
01 n. A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each success…
  1. 1.
    A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close.