Terzanelle
A terzanelle as a poem is the result of the combination of villanelle and terzine . It comprises a total of nineteen lines: five terzets followed by a quartet . A rarer form of the terzanelle comprises a total of forty lines consisting of twelve terzets and a final quartet. This form of poetry originated in 1964 and 1965, respectively, from the willingness to experiment of the author Lewis Turco , the result of which was Terzanelle's work in Thunderweather . It first appeared in July 1965 under the title Terzanelle in The Michigan Quarterly Review, volume iv, number 3 and as the first work is one of the most famous of its kind.
The following sketch should clarify the structure and the rhyme scheme of the more common variant of the terzanelle:
Verse 1 (a)
Verse 2 (b)
Verse 3 (a)
Verse 4 (b)
Verse 5 (c)
Verse 2 (b)
Verse 6 (c)
Verse 7 (d)
Verse 5 (c)
Verse 8 (d)
Verse 9 (e)
Verse 7 (d)
Verse 10 (e)
Verse 11 (f)
Verse 9 (e)
Verse 12 (f)
Verse 1 (a)
Verse 11 (f)
Verse 3 (a)
One notices that this form of the third annel shows a striking regularity in the area of the third stanza: the middle line of a stanza is always the last of the following. The final quartet consists of a new line as well as the first, eleventh and third lines.
The meter of the terzanelle is the iambic five-meter with a predominantly female cadenza .
Since the quartet at the end of the terzanelle is of great importance for the conclusion of the work and the conveyance of the author's intention , it is constructed in such a way that the lines it contains convey the context of the previous stanzas equally well and form the conclusion with the desired effect.
The challenge when writing a Terzanelle is to bring down a coherent and meaningful text, despite the many repetitions, while adhering to the remaining formal requirements. However, these days these are no longer strictly adhered to. There are already works by various internet poets in which the verses are seven instead of five and do not always have female cadences.