![]() However, the most famous example of a villanelle in English is surely Dylan Thomas’ 1952 poem about his dying father, ‘ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’, where the two refrains serve as a rallying call to the poet’s father to keep up the fight to the very end. ![]() ![]() This can create a claustrophobic effect as the poem keeps circling back to the same preoccupations, but this can be used to the poet’s advantage, as in Sylvia Plath’s early poem ‘Mad Girl’s Love Song’. ![]() Originating in Italy as a song which accompanied dancing, the villanelle is made up of nineteen lines and uses just two different rhymes throughout.Īs if that isn’t demanding enough, the poem repeats the first and third lines multiple times throughout the poem, so these two lines serve as refrains. The villanelle is very different from free verse, as it’s one of the tightest and most restrictive verse forms there is. ![]()
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