Visions of Sweet love (terzanelle)

by LadyPearl   Aug 2, 2006


Visions of sweet gentle love
Combined with the mourning dove
Visions of sweet gentle love
This soft dream is patient of
The ache in waiting for bliss
Combined with the mourning dove
Where all feelings go abyss
From spring to the winter snow
The ache in waiting for bliss
Is lost to a lover's woe
Love will awaken one day
From spring to the winter snow
The waiting tears will array
Sadness finds another home
Love will awaken one day
Hearts of desire will roam
Visions of sweet gentle love
Sadness finds another home
Visions of sweet gentle love
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The Terzanelle is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets 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 a repetend 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
16. f
17. A or F
18. F or A
19. A

Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.

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  • 18 years ago

    by Sarah Ann

    Beautiful and so unique. I love the many different styles you use. It shows the great potential and talent you have in writing. Never stop hun! 5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by AnnMarie

    Great poem very unique and the flow was nice and peaceful.............great job!!

    -AnnMarie

  • 18 years ago

    by BrokenMisery

    Wow confusing! I might try it out if i ever actually understand it. Very interesting and I think you can write better but it is a good job for a very constricting form.

  • 18 years ago

    by C Cattaway

    Beautiful. Expressive, and conjuring of a pretty picture in the minds eye. Well done. xx

  • 18 years ago

    by goddess-glamourpuss

    Beautiful.The flow was perfect the vocab was great. I loved the heartfelt expression.
    5/5