Terzanelle
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme
Scheme Requirement | | |
| Description: | | Related to the villanelle and terza rima, it has several
repetons as well as the villanelle refrains. The repetons are the middle lines from the previous stanza used as the last line of the middle stanzas in place of
the refrains. | | |
| Origin: | | French/Italian | | |
| Schematic: | | A1
B
A2
b
C
B
c
D
C
d
E
D
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 3 | | |
| Line/Poem Length: | | 19 | | |
f
F or A1
A1 or F
| See Also: | | Dryden's Roundelay, Enclosed Tercet, Enclosed Triplet, Retourne, Romantic stanza, Terza Rima, Villanelle | | |
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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