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Villanelle
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Villanelle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/v/villanelle.html. 1828.