tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115250744265512743.post6567681483365520353..comments2023-09-26T02:17:19.063-07:00Comments on crow's wing: One Art (Elizabeth Bishop)Tesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06061743980285214122noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9115250744265512743.post-74366515589541948032007-12-04T14:25:00.000-08:002007-12-04T14:25:00.000-08:00A villanelle, one of the most successful ones in t...A villanelle, one of the most successful ones in the English language, or so many say. 19 lines broken into 5 tercets and 1 quatrain. The first and third lines of each tercet (and the first, third and fourth lines of the quatrain) have the same rhyme. The second line of each stanza shares a different rhyme. There are also two repeating lines throughout the poem at fixed points, which Bishop varies here.Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061743980285214122noreply@blogger.com