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JustDaniel
post Mar 16 13, 15:46
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A terzanelle is a variation on the villanelle form, utilzing the interlocked rhyme pattern of a terza rima but in the villanelle’s format of five triplets (3-line stanzas) and a quatrain (4-line stanza).

Simply stated, it is a 19-line poem of five triplets and a concluding quatrain, incorporating aspects both of a terza rima and a villanelle. The middle line of each triplet is repeated verbatim as the third line of the following stanza, but the first and third line of the initial stanza also become the second and fourth lines of the closing quatrain. Thus seven of the 19 lines are actually repeated in this form.  

The rhyme scheme of the six stanzas is a follows, with the Capital letters indicating the lines that are completely duplicated:

A1BA2
bCB
cDC
dED
eFE
fA1FA2

An alternate ending for the final stanza is:

fFA1A2

Here's a recently posted example (with link to the forum) of our resident forms expert, Eric (Merlin):

Moonshine in St Paul

It was his gift beneath the Christmas wreath
when he was still a lad in Delaware,
this treasured blade with blue-bead leather sheath.

You’d swear it purrs when danger’s in the air
protecting him from hazards large and small
when he was still a lad in Delaware.

He wandered west, drank moonshine near St Paul,
ran with some active traders for a while
protecting him from hazards large and small.

A tepid waterhole, a bath in style,
a splintered mirror trim; what jauntiness
ran with some active traders for a while.

The Rockies, ever closer, happiness!
He had great visions – life would be a dream,
a splintered mirror trim, what jauntiness.

With knife in hand, he rested by a stream;
it was his gift beneath the Christmas wreath.
He had great visions – life would be a dream,
this treasured blade with beaded leather sheath.


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Merlin
post Apr 28 13, 13:32
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Here's another example for which I used the 10-word site >>>

Words required are confusion, realm, friction, side, beckon, unite, music, product, twilight, sly.

While the event is historic, the poem is not necessarily so.

Two versions of the same show the standard tercet & quatrain breakdown, and then my own which employs different punctuation & enjambment. I've also deviated from standard equal-length lines for a change of scenery.

Cutting of the Elm

Confusion reigned throughout the realm,
dissention brought on friction;
the resolution – cut the elm.

All sides held their conviction,
King Henry beckoned to his troops;
dissention brought on friction.

They stood united in small groups,
the elm provided shade.
King Henry beckoned to his troops.

As piper music played
the French baked in the noonday sun;
the elm provided shade.

A product lost… a product won
and twilight nowhere nigh;
the French baked in the noonday sun.

One clever king, one sly,
confusion reigned throughout the realm
and twilight nowhere nigh;
the resolution – cut the elm.


Confusion reigned throughout the realm,
dissension brought on friction;
the resolution – cut the elm,
all sides held their conviction.
King Henry beckoned to his troops;
dissension brought on friction,
they stood united in small groups;
the elm provided shade.
King Henry beckoned to his troops
as piper music played;
the French baked in the noonday sun,
the elm provided shade.
A product lost… a product won
and twilight nowhere nigh;
the French baked in the noonday sun.
One clever king, one sly,
confusion reigned throughout the realm
and twilight nowhere nigh;
the resolution – cut the elm.


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