A VILLANELLE
Stay with me to the end of time
Relive with me those joys now past
I want you always to be mine
To be together is no crime
It’s not for nothing I have asked
Stay with me to the end of time
You are my life’s eternal sunshine
To you I will remain steadfast
I want you always to be mine
This poetry for you I rhyme
With you alone I’m not downcast
Stay with me to the end of time
For you alone I give a lifetime
Our love will life itself outlast
I want you always to be mine
To heights of wonder we will climb
And when we reach the top I ask
Stay with me to the end of time
I want you always to be mine
VILLANELLE
A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme:
aba aba aba aba aba abaa.
The poem’s format is also strictly regulated. The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).
One of the most famous Villanelles is “Do not go Gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
Notes quoted from: ‘SHADOW POETRY’ @ . . . SHADOW POETRY
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