vil·la·nelle (v l  -n l )n. A 19-line poem of fixed form consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain on two rhymes, with the first and third lines of the first tercet repeated alternately as a refrain closing the succeeding stanzas and joined as the final couplet of the quatrain. [French, from Italian villanella, from feminine of villanello, rustic, from villano, peasant, from Vulgar Latin *v  ll nus, from Latin vlla, country house; see weik-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
villanelle [ˌvɪləˈnɛl]
n
(Literature / Poetry) a verse form of French origin consisting of 19 lines arranged in five tercets and a quatrain. The first and third lines of the first tercet recur alternately at the end of each subsequent tercet and both together at the end of the quatrain
[from French, from Italian villanella]
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