Alankar(Decor) -64 Poem by Indira Renganathan

A Visit TO A Seal Colony(Villanelle)

The Villanelle is:
1.metered, primarily iambic pentameter.

2.written in a total of 19 lines, made up of 5 tercets
and ending with a quatrain.

3.L1 and L3 of the first stanza, alternate
as the refrain in the following tercets.

4 composed with L1 and L3 of the first tercet
repeated as the last two lines of the poem.

5 written with only 2 end rhymes with a rhyme
scheme of A¹bA², abA¹, abA², abA¹, abA², abA¹A².


A Visit TO A Seal Colony


It was indeed a grand picnic event
Tho' hard by wheels in rains on long rough road
Seaward to see the seals our long intent

Up blocked cut crossed in flown spillways paths wet
Did not get back but all enjoyed pursued
It was indeed a grand picnic event

Sun light sinking so rushed and reached our spot
Oh God! we saw nature's settings-fulfilled
Seaward to see the seals our long intent

Ah, pups and moms and dads so brown so great
And seals clumping snoozing along accrued
It was indeed a grand picnic event

Furry some rocked risky some raged stepped out
When saw a seal in haste closer-fulfilled
Seaward to see the seals our long intent

Pictures, photos bagful no need to get
For those scenic great seals our hearts well stored
It was indeed a grand picnic event
Seaward to see the seals our long intent