villanelle

villanelle
noun Etymology: French, from Italian villanella Date: 1877 a chiefly French verse form running on two rhymes and consisting typically of five tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third lines of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercets and together as the last two lines of the quatrain

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  • villanelle — [ vilanɛl ] n. f. • 1586; it. villanella « chanson, danse villageoise », de villano → vilain ♦ Anciennt Chanson, poésie pastorale; danse qu elle accompagnait, à l origine. « Sur mon dernier sommeil verseront les échos De villanelle un jour, un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • villanelle — 1580s, from Fr. villanelle, from It. villanella ballad, rural song, from fem. of villanello rustic, from M.L. villanus (see VILLAIN (Cf. villain)). As a poetic form, five 3 lined stanzas and a final quatrain, with only two rhymes throughout,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • villanelle — Villanelle. s. m. Sorte de poësie pastorale, dont tous les couplets finissent par un mesme refrain. Chanter une villanelle, on ne fait plus guere de villanelles …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Villanelle — Vil la*nelle , n. [F.] A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W. Gosse. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • villanelle — [vil΄ə nel′] n. [Fr < It villanella: see VILLANELLA] 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 …   English World dictionary

  • Villanelle — A villanelle is a poetic form which entered English language poetry in the 1800s from the imitation of French models.Kane, Julie. [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern language quarterly/v064/64.4kane.html The Myth of the Fixed Form Villanelle .]… …   Wikipedia

  • Villanelle — D’origine italienne, la villanelle, de l’italien villanella dérivant du latin villanus (paysan), est, en littérature, une sorte de petite poésie pastorale à forme fixe et divisée en couplets qui finissent par le même refrain. En musique, c’est… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • villanelle — /vil euh nel /, n. Pros. a short poem of fixed form, written in tercets, usually five in number, followed by a final quatrain, all being based on two rhymes. [1580 90; < F < It; see VILLANELLA, ELLE] * * * ▪ poetic form       rustic song in Italy …   Universalium

  • Villanelle — Villanella Vil la*nel la, n.; pl. {Villanelle}. [It., a pretty country girl.] (Mus.) An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • VILLANELLE — s. f. Sorte de poésie pastorale, dont les couplets finissent par le même refrain. Chanter une villanelle. Depuis long temps on ne fait plus de villanelles.   Il se dit aussi d Un certain air fait pour danser …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • Villanelle — Die Villanella (Bauernmädchen) oder Villanelle ist eine italienische ländliche Volksweise im 16. Jahrhundert, deshalb auch als Villanella alla Napolitana bezeichnet. Es handelt sich um ein Strophenlied mit volkstümlichem Text und dreistimmigem… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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