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Villanelle
Created on: October 23, 2009
Is the villanelle is more suitable than the sonnet to express passion? My answer is yes, but with reservations.
Created on: July 28, 2007
How can true passion be constrained? Expressing one's deep, fervid emotions (and by utilizing what better
Created on: August 08, 2008
The villanelle classic poetry comes from the French, and did not arrive in the United States until the
by Mark Dawson
Created on: July 13, 2007
If a particular form forces one to focus the expression of their passion, then the villanelle is the
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Sonnet
by Chuck Radda
Created on: February 06, 2009
When I was teaching my contemporary poetry course, Theodore Roethke's "The Waking" was always part of
by Stug Jordan
Created on: July 04, 2007
I find it hard to agree that any established poetic form can be more beneficial at expressing the writer's
Created on: January 09, 2008 Last Updated: May 17, 2012
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's Day?/ Thou art more lovely and more temperate.' The opening lines
by Beth Mondok
Created on: September 08, 2007
I saw this subject, and went, Villanelle? What? Thank goodness for Wikipedia! The definition of a Villanelle
Created on: May 05, 2008
When writing passionate poetry, the classic restraint in a sonnet is necessary to help rein in the torrent
Created on: August 23, 2007
The sonnet and the villanelle present tightly-controlled forms that push the poet in different directions