French Poetic Forms
Chant Royal: Poetic Forms
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the chant royal, a 60-line poetic challenge.
Rondel Supreme: Poetic Forms
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.
Rondeau Redoublé: Poetic Forms
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.
Ballade: Poetic Forms
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the ballade, a French poetic form.
Rime Couee: Poetic Forms
Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the rime couee, a French six-line form.
Virelai: Poetic Forms
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.
Huitain: Poetic Forms
Learn how to write the huitain, a French eight-liner, including guidelines for writing the poetic form and an example poem.
Descort: Poetic Forms
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.
11 French Poetic Forms
Learn how to write various French poetic forms, everything from the bref double to villanelle!
Rondine: Poetic Forms
Learn how to write a rondine, a French 12-liner, including guidelines for the poetic form and an example poem.
Rimas Dissolutas: Poetic Forms
Learn how to write the rimas dissolutas, a French 15-liner, including guidelines for the poetic form and an example poem.
Dizain: Poetic Forms
Learn how to write the dizain, a French poetic form, including guidelines for this 10-liner and an example poem.
Bref Double: Poetic Form
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.
Lai: Poetic Forms
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!
Quatern: Poetic Forms
Robert Lee Brewer explains the quatern, a poetic form that employs refrains and eight-syllable lines in four quatrains.
Poetic Forms: Villanelle
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.
Poetic Forms: Rondeau
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.
Triolet: Poetic Forms
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.