Please deliver me from the Villanelle
it so intrigues me - it does ensnare
me-
The discipline is such a bloody hell!
There are five three-line stanzas, metred well
Then a quatrain - but that's not
all you see -
Please deliver me from the Villanelle
All second lines rhyme - here, no need to dwell
But more's to follow - listen
carefully -
The discipline is such a bloody hell!
The first and third lines rhyme, and rules compel
They must each stanza end
alternately -
Please deliver me from the Villanelle!
First and third lines must appear as well
As a couplet, in the quatrain,
finally-
The discipline is such a bloody hell!
This is why I rebel, and rave and yell
And repeat my plea most vehemently:
Please deliver me from the Villanelle
The discipline is such a bloody hell!