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Noun: villanelle  ,vi-lu'nel
  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

Derived forms: villanelles

Encyclopedia: Villanelle

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