- Memorization Quiz on Block
- In Class Essay on Block
- J#20 & J#21 due on Friday for Bridgette's classes
If (Stanza 4)
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
EQ: What is a villanelle?
French verse form
consists of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain
the first and third lines of the first stanza repeat alternately in the following stanzas
these two refrain (repeat) lines form the final couplet in the quatrain
Some Key Ideas to Consider with a Villanelle:
Any poem featuring a repetition or refrain has special qualities:
How does each instance of the refrain add meaning
to the poem? Perhaps it doesn't, but a great poem builds meaning.
Refrains aren't simply included for the sake of form. Decide what the
refrain means each time you see it.
Does the refrain change at all?
Even by one word? That is important; consider how the change nuances
previously building meaning.
Check out this fine example:
Whispering Woods ~ Villanelle
1 She peers into the forest fog
seeking another fairy face.
seeking another fairy face.
Fay hears bullfrogs in the bog.
4 There’s whispers of strange dialogue
slipping softly through cloistered space.
She peers into the forest fog.
7 An owl calls from his cedar log
and unsettles her sense of place.
Fay hears bullfrogs in the bog.
10 Far off, there’s the bay of a dog
whose master is on a coon chase.
She peers into the forest fog.
13 She wonders if the swamp polliwog
knows it has a change to embrace.
Fay hears bullfrogs in the bog.
16 There’s a quiet riot to catalogue
and she craves a calmer pace.
She peers into the forest fog
Fay hears bullfrogs in the bog.
So, what makes this a villanelle?
In Class Today
Work on J#20 & J#21. Remember what you don't finish will be homework.
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