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
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbA abA abA abA abA abaA x
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 796
Words 172
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1

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