There is a time for all things under the sky,
And what has been will come to be again -
The circle never ends, and time goes by.
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time for pleasure, and a time for pain;
There is a time for all things under the sky.
A time to laugh, and a time to cry;
A time for sunshine, and a time for rain -
The circle never ends, and time goes by.
A time to smile, and a time to sigh;
A time to lose, and a time to gain;
There is a time for all things under the sky.
A time to ask questions, and a time to reply;
A time to be thankful, and a time to complain -
The circle never ends, and time goes by.
A time to greet, and a time to say good-bye;
A time to go, and a time to remain;
There is a time for all things under the sky. . .
The circle never ends. And time goes by.
Март 2002 г.
Villanelle on Reflections of Ecclesiastes
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*Villanelle: The form is originally French and didn't appear in English until the later 1800's. It is 19 lines long, but only uses two rhymes, while also repeating two lines throughout the poem. The first five stanzas are triplets, and the last stanza is a quatrain such that the rhyme scheme is as follows: "aba aba aba aba aba abaa." The tricky part is that the 1st and 3rd lines from the first stanza are alternately repeated such that the 1st line becomes the last line in the second stanza, and the 3rd line becomes the last line in the third stanza. The last two lines of the poem are lines 1 and 3 respectively, making a rhymed couplet.
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