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
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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George Collett

From Nampa, Idaho. I live and work and write. more…

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