villanelle

noun

Definition of villanellenext
as in sonnet

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Recent Examples of villanelle Elongated and paved with bricks, the path is a closed form, a kind of physical villanelle that thwarts the experience of continuity or the feeling of finitude. — Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023 Susan Kinsolving’s villanelle obsessively circles the same two rhymes, keeping pace with the anxiety of a mind trying to cope. — Clare Bucknell, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2020 Her own verse often drew on classical forms such as the villanelle, sestina, tritina and sonnet, and sometimes incorporated references to ancient mythology and medieval legend. — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 8 July 2019 But then, rarely does an individual strip contain a complete and proper villanelle about food. — Wired Blogs, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2006
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villanelle
  1. sonnet
  2. poem
  3. rondeau
  4. limerick
  5. epigram
  6. elegy
  7. psalm
  8. ode
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.
    — Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
  • And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of sonnet
Noun
  • The 20-minute work is vivid stuff, inspired by a Czech poem about a woman who tries and fails to get on with her life after murdering her husband.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The film is an adaptation of Homer's epic poem of the same name, which was written in the 8th or 7th century BC and is considered one of the greatest works of Western literature, along with Homer's other epic poem, The Iliad.
    — Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of poem
Noun
  • The Eater line is a partnership between Heritage and the food site that launched last year, but six new pieces were added this year, including a mini sauté pan ($120) and a roomy six-quart rondeau pan ($180) that’s perfect for searing, pan roasting, and simmering.
    — BYChris Morris, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The set includes a saucepan, saucier, frying pan, and 5.2-quart rondeau.
    — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of rondeau
Noun
  • Until then, feel free to send me your best limericks at mlunsford@tennessean.com.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a person writing beautiful custom poems that are sort of dirty limericks.
    — Emily Leibert, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of limerick
Noun
  • Throughout, Snook hams for laughs, turning Wilde’s witticisms and epigrams into slapstick.
    — Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • On his plane plastered with Trumpian epigrams, Vance makes the case for Trump’s second-term vision of enhanced executive power.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of epigram
Noun
  • In fact, the opening moments play out like an elegy for the whole nation: a school boarded up, with empty corridors and empty classrooms.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
  • As photographed by Austin Shelton, the widescreen images — and even the vertical TikTok videos braided alongside — convey a hopeful vision of their future, more fresh start than elegy.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
Definition of elegy
Noun
  • Then, using his talents playing the lyre and singing psalms, David grew to be a supportive comfort to the possibly mad King Saul (Ali Suliman) as well as begin a romance with Saul’s daughter, Michal (Indy Lewis).
    — Jim Halterman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
  • The Lady Olive certainly sank: All of its crew members escaped in lifeboats, singing psalms to stave off hypothermia, and were saved after 36 hours at sea.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of psalm
Noun
  • Regardless if they’re officially deemed Masters collections or not, golf brands and fans are well aware that anything floral and/or pink, green and yellow is an ode to professional golf’s first major and the unofficial start to the amateur golf season.
    — Michael LoRé, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Because this clever, funny play is both an attentive ode to Greenspan’s extraordinary artistry as a playwright-performer and an unsparing meditation on the psychic and financial precariousness of playwriting as a creative life.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of ode

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