American Literature / Unit 1 AML 0022 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Villanelle, Sestina, Haiku
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The idea
A villanelle runs nineteen lines in five tercets and a quatrain, turning on two refrains; Bishop's "One Art" is the American example the witness attaches. A haiku is three short lines holding a single image. A sestina repeats six end words in rotation.
In practice
Nineteen lines, three lines, six repeated words.
Where people slip
Fixed forms are recognized by counting.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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