This is my last song I dost sing for thee,
I must away fade like day into the night;
For the night is nigh, the night is lovely.
Yes, I’ve searched the woods, tree after tree,
But thou art not in sight, I must take flight.
For the night is nigh, the night is lovely.
Though all men know my love deep as the sea,
But to thee, my bright star, it didn’t delight!
This is my last song I dost sing for thee.
Yes, I've searched the seas, sea after sea,
I reckon other shores I must now sight.
For the night is nigh, the night is lovely.
Though well I know this drowns heaven in rage,
I must wing like dew against the sunlight.
This is my last song I dost sing for thee.
This is my last time to so dream of we,
I must away fade like day into the night.
This is my last song I dost sing for thee,
For the night is nigh, the night is lovely.
#Villanelle #Decasyllabic
Kikodinho Edward Alexandros
28th.08.2017
Jumeirah Dubai
A villanelle is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet repeated alternately until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines.
Lines may be of any length, but are often written in iambic pentameter.