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Noun: villanelle  ,vi-lu'nel
  1. A poem of 19 lines, with five tercets followed by a quatrain, using only two rhymes throughout and repeating two lines in a specific pattern
    "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas is a famous villanelle"

Derived forms: villanelles

Encyclopedia: Villanelle