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The great villanelle of serial failure, the inevitability of which is perfectly underscored by the form.

The Villanelle is written in five three-lined stanzas, concluding with one of four lines.

The Villanelle has been called "the most ravishing jewel worn by the Muse Erato."

And so it proved; he heard a sweet voice singing an old villanelle with a slow and melancholy refrain.

This he followed by English versions of the rondel, rondeau and villanelle.

Here, as in the villanelle, a change of signification in the repeated lines is thought to add to the charm of the form.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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