Structure sorts literary forms by the fixed rules that define their shape. Wikipedia describes the sonnet's structure as "traditionally consisting of fourteen lines adhering to a set rhyming scheme," rules strict enough that a poem breaking them is no longer considered a sonnet at all. This dimension lets a visitor compare forms that share the same kind of formal constraint.
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1. Villanelle (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationVillanelle, lead section, 1606 fixed-form origin sentenceQuote, Villanelle, lead section, 1606 fixed-form origin sentence
This fixed quality would only come much later, from the poem "Villanelle (J'ay perdu ma Tourterelle)" (1606) by Jean Passerat.
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