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villanelle definition

vil·la·nelle (vil′ə nel′)

noun

a poem of fixed form, French in origin, consisting usually of five three-line stanzas and a final four-line stanza and having only two rhymes throughout

Etymology: Fr < It villanella: see villanella

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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