Challenge
Write a Villanelle
A villanelle is a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains. The form is made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain. The first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeated alternately in the last lines of the succeeding stanzas; then in the final stanza, the refrain serves as the poem’s two concluding lines. (Ex. Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that goodnight")
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The Sun Will Set; The Stars Will Die
The sun will set; the stars will die
When hands will loose the grip of gain
The soul will flee its earthen frame
Soon you'll enter dark from light
When buried, will your body blight
The sun will set; the stars will die
You'll be at rest, your tomb and grave
From all your toil and work for fame
The soul will flee its earthen frame
Guarantee in peace you'll lie
Forgive, amend before its nigh'
The sun will set; the stars will die
Futile, holding out for blame
Where it started; whence it came
The soul will flee its earthen frame
Soon, upon the bed you'll lie
Death will utter out your name
The sun will set; the stars will die
The soul will flee its earthen frame