As it turns out, I have already shared this type of poem here on SkyPip, but the poem is written, so…
A Vianelle is a nineteen line poem with five tercets (three line stanzas) and one quatrain (four line stanza). The first and third lines of the first stanza repeat as the last lines of the next four tercets. In the quatrain, the first line of the first stanza is the third line, and the third line of the first stanza is the last line of of the quatrain. The most recent Vianelle that I have written is below. Note the placements throughout the poem of the first and third lines of the first stanza.
The rhymes also remain the same throughout the poem.
Oh, my gracious Lord and my dearest friend
I wish to come ever closer to You
You, with no beginning and with no end.
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To do what You please is what I intend
Though I am but feeble human, it’s true
Oh, my gracious Lord and dearest Friend.
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The solid Rock, He will not bend
Regardless what the winds and storms may do.
You, with no beginning and no end.
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With no other thing did I need to blend
When from Your fountain pure water I drew
Oh, my gracious Lord and dearest Friend.
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Still man with You truth chooses to contend
Drowning in their own “lie and story” stew;
You, with no beginning and no end.
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When for His children the Father does send
We’ll praise You forever beyond the blue
Oh, my gracious Lord and dearest Friend
You with no beginning and no end.
©Stacey Uffelman 10-26-15
…and there is another Vianelle. 🙂 Maybe my explanation of the form was a little better this time, who knows. 🙂 Next time I will try to dig up a poetry from that I have not introduced here, yet.