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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.

Etymology

Coined by Billy Collins circa 1997; believed to be from a blend of parody + villanelle.

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