Unfortunately for the English majors, the poetry described seems to be old fashioned formal poetry, not contemporary free form poetry, which probably is too close to prose to be effective.

It sort of makes sense that villains would employ villanelles.

It would be too perfect if "adversarial" here also referred to a kind of confrontational poetry jam style.

In a cyberpunk heist, traditional hackers in hoodies (or duster jackets, katanas, and utilikilts) are only the first wave, taking out the easy defenses. Until they hit the AI black ice.

That's when your portable PA system and stage lights snap on, for the angry revolutionary urban poetry major.

Several-minute barrage of freestyle prose. AI blows up. Mic drop.

"It sort of makes sense that villains would employ villanelles."

Just picture me dead-eye slow clapping you here...