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- xw posted on 09/16/2005Poetic Forms: The Triolet by Conrad Geller In the Golden Age of lyric poetry, about five hundred years ago, as the French Middle Ages slipped toward the Renaissance, poetic forms tended to become more and more tests of raw skill, like the NBA's Slam-Dunk Contest. A poet needed as many as thirty-six rhyme words for some of the more monstrous concoctions. Compounding the difficulties were the riddles, puns, and acrostics that were supposed to be imbedded in the verses. Most of those poetic types a
- xw posted on 09/16/2005Poetic Forms: The Ballad by Conrad Geller Traditional poetic forms have had a bad time of it since Walt Whitman set off the free verse revolution about a hundred and fifty years ago. Critics and teachers have learned to sniff at rhyme and rhythm in contemporary poetry as "doggerel," or, worst epithet of all, "greeting-card verse." Too many young poets, mistakenly seizing on the idea that free verse is an art without rules, have been encouraged to reject any form as an encumbrance to the pristine
- xw posted on 09/16/2005Poetic Forms: The Villanelle by Conrad Geller One traditional form of poetry that can be fun to write, is technically easy compared to the most challenging forms, and often surprises the poet with its twists and discoveries, is the villanelle. Villanelles have been around for at least three hundred years. Its name derives from the Italian villa, or country house, where noblemen went to refresh themselves, perhaps dally with the locals, and imagine that they were back to nature. It seems to have g
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