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  1. pl. of Villanella
  2. n. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first andthird verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse ineach successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W.Gosse.
  5. pl. of Villanella n. 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.