They say it's foolish to love you, my dear I don't have the right to fall into you I am sure this time, in my heart it is clear
And all I know is to love, I really do We have differences, there's a gap between us I don't have the right to fall into you
I know they would say, it wouldn't last And all they see is trouble in this connection We have differences, there's a gap between us
I know what they see is our imperfection Though they criticize how I feel for you And all they see is trouble in this connection
Please don't hear what they say, please don't go No matter what happens, I am still the one Though they criticize how I feel for you
I just want to love you the best that I can They say it's foolish to love you, my dear No matter what happens, I am still the one I am sure this time, in my heart it is clear.
Terzanelle
The Terzanelle is a poetry type which is a combination of the villanelle and the terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last stanza which appears in the quatrain. The rhyme and refrain scheme for the triplets is as follows: 1. A 2. B 3. A
4. b 5. C 6. B
7. c 8. D 9. C
10. d 11. E 12. D
13. e 14. F 15. E
Ending Type 1:
16. f 17. A 18. F 19. A
Ending Type 2:
16. f 17. F 18. A 19. A
Each line of the poem should be the same metrical length.