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Out of what has gone before
By hutmaster
02 August 2007
A villanelle.

Out of what has gone before
We hang by threads of destiny;
Too late to change or to restore?

Each blemish serves to underscore
That judgement will come certainly
Out of what has gone before.

Quartered in some secret store
Rots our close discrepency;
Too late to change or to restore.

Our quiddity,our very core
Is weighed and measured endlessly
Out of what has gone before.

What's life, but having to explore
What's past, and that it need not be
Too late to change or to restore.

Abjure all things that we abhor,
Expel venal vanity
Out of what has gone before.
Too late to change or to restore?

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I am fond...
Written by patterjack (1179 comments posted) 2nd August 2007
... of the villanelle form -- and I enjoyed this . It may be a bit exhortatory for my taste, but it shows good control of the pattern. 
 
A not E in discrepancy . 
 
patterjack

Written by Phil (6681 comments posted) 2nd August 2007
I liked this hm. Thought the rhythm worked really well. It's a form I wouldn't even attempt myself - so full marks there. 
 
Phil.

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