Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the chant royal, a 60-line poetic challenge.
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the rondel supreme, which is a French poetic form with refrains.
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the rondeau redoublé, which is a French form with refrains and end rhymes.
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the ballade, a French poetic form.
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the rime couee, a French six-line form.
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the virelai, a French form with nine-line stanzas and alternating rhymes.
Learn how to write the huitain, a French eight-liner, including guidelines for writing the poetic form and an example poem.
Learn how to write a descort, the French poetic form that intentionally sets about trying to make each line different than the others within the poem.
Learn how to write various French poetic forms, everything from the bref double to villanelle!
Learn how to write a rondine, a French 12-liner, including guidelines for the poetic form and an example poem.
Learn how to write the rimas dissolutas, a French 15-liner, including guidelines for the poetic form and an example poem.
Learn how to write the dizain, a French poetic form, including guidelines for this 10-liner and an example poem.
The bref double, a fourteen-line French poetic form, is explained, including how to handle its A-B-C rhyme pattern, syllables, quatrains, and concluding couplet.
Learn how to write a lai, a French poetic form comprised of nine lines with "a" and "b" end rhymes and a syllable count for each line. Sound complicated? Fun? It is!
Robert Lee Brewer explains the quatern, a poetic form that employs refrains and eight-syllable lines in four quatrains.
Learn how to write the villanelle, a French poetic form with plenty of rhymes and refrains. Find guidelines for writing villanelles and an example poem here.
Learn how to write the rondeau, a French poetic form that has 15 lines, three stanzas, and a couple refrains. Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" is a popular example of the rondeau.
Learn how to write the triolet, a French eight-liner with a healthy helping of rhymes and refrains. Get the guidelines for writing your own here.