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Meaning of villanelle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/vɪləˈnɛl/

Definitions

A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes.

Equivalents

Français villanelle

Examples

“By definition the villanelle is restrictive, because it demands nineteen lines on two rhymes in six stanzas, the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the concluding quatrain.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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