A Villanelle poem has a very organized structure that must be followed exactly for it to be considered this kind of poem. The amount of stanzas, rhyme scheme, and lines all has to fall under the guidelines of a Villanelle poem. The lines specifically have to be repeated in certain orders leaving a unique tone to each poem. For example, the poem "Lonely Hearts" repeats a question at the end of every stanza. This depicts a tone of desperation or searching for affirmation. The tone continues through each stanza as different scenarios are described.
The content of the poem is shared through different types of people that one might be searching for. The author, Wendy Cope, asks through an athletic man, a vegetarian, business executive, a homosexual, a Libran and ending with an all-inclusive tone of desperation for the different types. These rhetorical questions leave an open-ended wonderment coming from all kinds of people. Cope took a universal question that each person wonders, "is there someone out there for me?" and placed it into genres.
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