LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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A poem that has no rhyme scheme
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A poem that eulogizes the dead
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A poem that carries a pattern on two rhymes and offers an alternating refrain
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A poem that celebrates the life of a cruel person
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Detailed explanation-1: -A French verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The villanelle is a specific poetic form that uses repeated lines and a strict rhyming pattern throughout its 19 lines, which are grouped into six separate stanzas. Villanelles have a lyrical quality to them, creating a song-like poem with their structured lines.
Detailed explanation-3: -Refrain: Villanelles have two refrains, or lines of verse that repeat throughout the poem. The first and third lines of the first tercet alternate as the last lines of the remaining tercets. In the last stanza, a quatrain, these two lines appear again as the final two lines of the poem.
Detailed explanation-4: -History of the Villanelle Form French poets who called their poems “villanelle” did not follow any specific schemes, rhymes, or refrains. Rather, the title implied that, like the Italian and Spanish dance-songs, their poems spoke of simple, often pastoral or rustic themes.