Move Along [Terzanelle]

by HOLLYWOODxBANGBANG   Jul 17, 2007


Move along Baby; don't you dare stop now,
You broke my heart; so take a cowardly bow -
Move along Baby; don't you dare stop now.

Oh Dear me; look at the sweat on your brow,
What's the matter Sweetie? Can't take the heat?
You broke my heart; so take a cowardly bow.

Your eyes are dulling; turning into grey concrete,
As the sapphire tears stream down your face -
What's the matter Sweetie? Can't take the heat?

There's a light around you; but it sure ain't grace,
No no, you lost all of that when you walked away -
As the sapphire tears stream down your face.

Throw away the memories; forget about us today -
You're falling apart...but Honey, what about your pride?
No no, you lost all of that when you walked away.

Oh the glamour: the day that your heart finally died,
Move along Baby; don't you dare stop now,
You're falling apart...but Honey, what about your pride?
You broke my heart; so take a cowardly bow.

-Jenna Elphick
July 16, 2007

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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.

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