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As an English major, I'm pretty sure I should know what a Villanelle is, but I don't.
A good example is "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." 19 lines long, (6 stanza of 3 lines each, except the final, which has four) with the same 4 words repeating at the end of each line in that particular pattern.
One of the last massages I had was a fluttery gentle one, because I was having a migraine and the masseuse didn't want to risk aggravating it while she worked on the bundle of steel cord I call a left trap. I wasn't even lying face down. She loosened it so much I was amazed. I drifted off to sleep, and woke up able to move without the pain.
The very first professional massage I had was like that. Incrdibly gentle, yet I was totally loose by the end of it. I'm a bit of a brute myself when I massage, so it inspired me to try to be gentle and effective.
with the same 4 words repeating at the end of each line in that particular pattern.
Actually, it's a rhyme pattern (aba) except there is a dual refrain that is also repeated, not just words at the end of the line. So lines 1 and 3 are the dual refrain and they are repeated completely in a specific pattern throughout the poem.
Also, to add to the joy, it's usually written in iambic pentameter, at least 20th century American villanelles.
I.DO.NOT.HAVE.A.HEADCOLD.
A great (if, as many of them tend to be, incredibly depressing) villanelle: Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art."
I.believe you.
It is FREAKING COLD here. Dear dog. I left at 8:15 this morning for a job fair and it was 10 degrees. I left the job fair at 3:00 (and only interviewed with 7 school districts...dear me there were a LOT of people there) and it was 5 degrees. It is now -3. I'm home and do not intend on leaving until Monday morning, but my, I thought my ears would freeze off just walking to my car this afternoon.
It's so weird how winters here are so much milder than where I grew up (about 220 miles north of here). It doesn't seem like a real winter to me until it gets below zero.
I was gonna pull the carb out of my Mercury today, but previous experience has shown that car repair when it's below zero is not fun.
tommy, I don't know how you did it growing up because today is cold enough, thankyouverymuch. I can't imagine winter being like this for weeks/months. One week will be plenty.
tommy, I don't know how you did it growing up because today is cold enough, thankyouverymuch.
I was just thinking the other day about how when I was a kid, getting cold to the point of losing feeling in my fingers and toes was quite common (sometimes every day). I can't remember the last time that's happened.
Yeah, not only was it colder when I was growing up, but I was expected to work every day in that cold. Huh - now that seems weird to me....