Challenge
Write a Villanelle Poem
The villanelle has nineteen lines, with a very specific rhyme and repetition pattern. The lines are broken up into five tercets (three line stanzas) followed by a quatrain (four line stanza). The rhyme scheme is aba aba aba aba aba abaa which means there are only two rhymes. "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop is very famous and beautiful example of a villanelle. Poems should follow these strict rules to be considered for this challenge.
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Courage of Heroes
Heroes are made
They aren’t just born
When their courage is tested, they still stayed
Laying their life down, if that’s the price to be paid
When the choice is tough, and they are torn
Heroes are made
Faced with impossibility, they aren’t unafraid
Hurt and defeated, their hope is worn
When their courage is tested, they still stayed
To all they aid
To whom their protection they have sworn
Heroes are made
Their lives for others, they would trade
Even as they’re faced with scorn
When their courage is tested, they still stayed
Their heart may now be weighed
Thier lives may be mourned
Heroes are made
When their courage is tested , they still stayed