Literature
How To Write A Villanelle In Its Many Forms
Warning: Fixed Form Poetry Approaching
The villanelle is a fixed form of poetry originating from the French that has grown in popularity in the English language. Over the years, the traditional villanelle has been put to great use by many notable poets, including, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Theodore Roethke, and Oscar Wilde (double villanelle in traditional). There are also many wonderful, more modern and progressive examples of the form by poets today, such as Dan Lechay's Ghost Villanelle (traditional; altered language), Steven Cramer's Villanelle After a Burial (traditional; altered punctuati