Villanelle

Villanelle your nineteen-line form I see

With your triplet rhyme scheme of ABA

You are not as monotonous as the sea

Your repeated lines are the key

And quatrain rhyme scheme ABAA

Villanelle your nineteen-line form I see

Your lines’ lengths are so free

As a repeated game you play

You are not as monotonous as the sea

I shall not compare you to a litany

You are better any night or day

Villanelle your nineteen-line form I see

Your meter can sway like a tree

When your meaning you display

You are not as monotonous as the sea

Like the Mona Lisa picture so pretty

My eyes will never go astray

Villanelle your nineteen-line form I see

You are not as monotonous as the sea