It would be wrong to think the poem misogynous in intent....
Villanelle : If only it were as easy as to turn the clock back
If only it were as easy as to turn the clock back
Seize the best missed chances men let drop through self-righteous pique
Make learning processes Life's axiom out of lack
Naïve unheeding men bear treacherous women on back
Women who trick playing on heartstrings sympathetique
If only it were as easy as to turn the clock back
Make Alexander believe Zeus his father, alack !
Exiled jealous usurp Philip's throne through palace intrigue
Make learning processes Life's axiom out of lack
Whisper in proud Macbeth's ear words megalomaniac
Sink the Highland Kingdom down black witches' brew in guts sick
If only it were as easy as to turn the clock back
Men who out of pity for the fairer sex their minds wreck
Their mothers' milk still uncurdled in their mouths saveur unique
Make learning processes Life's axiom out of lack
How many the missed opportunities lie crushed on tarmac
Roads traversed in parallel lives might not they criss-cross psychic
If only it were as easy as to turn the clock back
Make learning processes Life's axiom out of lack
I don't find villanelle a refreshing form of poetry. Its structure and repetition are annoying to me, keeping me from focusing on the better parts of the poem. In this case, I think you are lamenting that people have learned from the lessons of the past and keep repeating them by wishing that they could turn the clock back to what they think were kinder and more simpler times. You and I know that's not true and easily proven by a little education.
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