Terzanelle
The Terzanelle is a poetry type which is a combination of the villanelle and the
terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets
plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear
as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line
of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last
stanza which appears in the quatrain. The rhyme and refrain scheme for the triplets
is as follows:
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. b
5. C
6. B
7. c
8. D
9. C
10. d
11. E
12. D
13. e
14. F
15. E
Ending Type 1:
16. f
17. A
18. F
19. A
Ending Type 2:
16. f
17. F
18. A
19. A
Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.
Example #1:
A River Flows
A gentle river flows
In the valley below
A gentle river flows
Where blue carnations grow
On the shores of heartache
In the valley below
where loves dreams re-awake
with the passing seasons
on the shores of heartache
no one knows the reasons
loves heart will beat once more
with the passing seasons
on this lone distant shore
where sadness is lifted
loves heart will beat once more
when the spirits shifted
A gentle river flows
where sadness is lifted
A gentle river flows
The Terzanelle is a poetry type which is a combination of the villanelle and the
terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets
plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear
as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line
of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last
stanza which appears in the quatrain. The rhyme and refrain scheme for the triplets
is as follows:
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. b
5. C
6. B
7. c
8. D
9. C
10. d
11. E
12. D
13. e
14. F
15. E
Ending Type 1:
16. f
17. A
18. F
19. A
Ending Type 2:
16. f
17. F
18. A
19. A
Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.
Example #1:
A River Flows
A gentle river flows
In the valley below
A gentle river flows
Where blue carnations grow
On the shores of heartache
In the valley below
where loves dreams re-awake
with the passing seasons
on the shores of heartache
no one knows the reasons
loves heart will beat once more
with the passing seasons
on this lone distant shore
where sadness is lifted
loves heart will beat once more
when the spirits shifted
A gentle river flows
where sadness is lifted
A gentle river flows
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 13, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: I want thank you all for coming to my contest. It was a blast to read these wonderful entries, unfortunate I could only grant five winners.
Contest Winners
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O, let us have a war in which to fight
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Is this now my life,
is this how it ends?by blondeoverblue 24 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 12 2:21 PM 2008. In Contemporary, War
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Gold trophy winner
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Bronze trophy winner
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Oh listen to the musket's roar
As we fire upon this wallby Blood and Whiskey 24 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 12 5:15 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Please tell me what you mean by a "war poem." Do you only wish entries that view war in a positive way or are anti-war poems welcomed? Can we write about a past war, i.e. The War of the Roses in its historical context?
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thank u
Thank u for responding to my contest. If u have a war or anti-war,whether they be prewrite in terzanelle form they be welcomed. Past or present wars are all about this contest, not to be difficult, but make it meaningful to the viewer to read are all welcomed in this contest. Here is a poem I wrote at allpoetry, your welcomed to check it out. Its at allpoetry.com/poem/1105228. Kendhal22
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