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A villanelle is a poetic form which entered English-language poetry in the late 1800s from the imitation of French models.
Derivation
Many published works mistakenly claim that the strict modern form of the villanelle originated with the medieval troubadours, but in fact medieval and Renaissance villanelles were simple ballad-like songs with no fixed form or length. Such songs were associated with the country and were thought to be sung by farmers and shepherds, in contrast to the more complex madrigals associated with sophisticated city and court life. The French word villanelle comes from the Italian word villanella, which derives from the Latin villa (farm) and villano (farmhand); to any poet before the mid-nineteenth century, the word villanelle or villanella would have simply meant country song, with no particular form implied. The modern nineteen-line dual-refrain form of the villanelle derives from nineteenth-century admiration of the only Renaissance poem in that form: a poem about a turtledove by Jean Passerat (1534–1602) titled "Villanelle." The chief French popularizer of the villanelle form was the nineteenth-century author Théodore de Banville.
The villanelle in English
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Why did I decide to write a #Villanelle? They are hard to write but yet irritatingly addictive at the same time.
kevbez1969 (kevbez1969) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:41:24 -0000
Why did I decide to write a #Villanelle? They are hard to write but yet irritatingly addictive at the same time.
I favorited a YouTube video -- Rita Streich - Villanelle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3BgIQbryGI&feature=autoshare_twitter
MathildeMar (Mathilde ) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:41:52 -0000
I favorited a YouTube video -- Rita Streich - Villanelle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3BgIQbryGI&feature=autoshare_twitter
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night - By Dylan Thomas. The most famous example of the form in English.
Pan - Double Villanelle - By Oscar Wilde.
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O goat-foot God of Arcady!
This modern world is grey and old,
And what remains to us of thee?
No more the shepherd lads in glee
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O goat-foot God of Arcady!
Nor through the laurels can one see
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Poetic Forms: The Villanelle - An article by Conrad Geller with examples by E. A. Robinson, Sondra Ball, and Dylan Thomas. Part of a series in Writing-World.com.
Poetry Form - The Villanelle - A description and explanation of the form, with examples and a step-by-step guide to writing one.
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The Art of the Villanelle - Poetry at BellaOnline - A description and examples by Jody Zolli.
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The Villanelle - By Sondra Ball. The poem describes the qualities of a villanelle while exemplifying it.
Theocritus: a Villanelle - By Oscar Wilde.
Villanelle - A description of the form with examples by Suzanne Honour.
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Villanelle - Advice by Damon McLaughlin on how to write a villanelle, with an example by Dylan Thomas and an example of a terzanelle by Lewis Turco. Part of a course at the University of Northern Iowa called The Craft of Poetry.
Villanelle - Descriptions and examples from a course taught by Alberto Rios.
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Villanelle - By W.H. Auden
Villanelle - By William Empson.
Villanelle at Sundown - By Donald Justice.
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Villanelle of Change - By Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Villanelles for Free - A collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
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