The Intricacies of Villanelles

How many lines does a traditional villanelle have?

• 14

• 19

• 21

• 16

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What is the term for the repeated lines that appear throughout a villanelle?

• Couplets

• Refrains

• Quatrains

• Stanzas

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Which of the following describes the rhyme scheme of a villanelle?

• ABAB

• ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABBA CDDC EFFE GG

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How many tercets are there in a villanelle?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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Which of the following poets is famous for writing villanelles?

• William Shakespeare

• Sylvia Plath

• Dylan Thomas

• Robert Frost

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In a villanelle, the first and third lines are repeated alternately as the last line in which stanzas?

• Only in the quatrains

• In every tercet

• In the final quatrain only

• In every tercet and the final quatrain

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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What is the purpose of refrains in a villanelle?

• To provide a musical quality

• To emphasize certain themes

• To create a challenging rhyme scheme

• Both A and B

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Which line appears in the middle of the final quatrain in a villanelle?

• The first line of the poem

• The third line of the poem

• A new line following the rhyme scheme

• The second line of the poem

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What is the typical meter of a villanelle?

• Iambic pentameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Anapestic hexameter

• No set meter

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When analyzing a villanelle, what is important to consider about the refrains?

• Their placement in the poem

• How their meaning changes throughout the poem

• The rhyme scheme they establish

• All of the above

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