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villanelle
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Villanella \Vil`la*nel"la\, n.; pl. Villanelle. [It., a pretty country girl.] (Mus.) An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Villanelle \Vil`la*nelle"\, n. [F.] A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. --E. W. Gosse. [1913 Webster]
