Analysis of The Thing Impossible Villanelle (Villanelle Poetic Form)
I have in mind to write a thing most well
To tell a story well makes the heart sing
And tell the story thus in Villanelle
It is not ugly thing on which I dwell
But carries with it very pretty ring
I have in mind to write a thing most well
It will have great and pretty plot to gel
And will when I am done make me as king
And tell the story thus in Villanelle
And perhaps if I do this it will sell
And maybe many green things it will bring
I have in mind to write a thing most well
But on this thing I shall not often dwell
Even though the thought is to me much bling
And tell the story thus in Villanelle
Hark! Say I to you send me thus to hell
There is not a way to do this great thing
I have in mind to write a thing so well
And tell the story thus in Villanelle
©1/4/2013 by George W. Collett
Scheme | AbA abA abA abA abA abaA x |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101110111 1101011011 01010101 1111011111 1101110101 1101110111 1111010111 0111111111 01010101 0011111111 0101011111 1101110111 1111111101 1010111111 01010101 1111111111 1110111111 1101110111 01010101 1110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 796 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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