Web Directory

» Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
   By Dylan Thomas. The most famous example of the form in English.
   http://www.bigeye.com/donotgo.htm

» Pan - Double Villanelle
   By Oscar Wilde.
   http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/PoemsbyOscarWilde/chap82.html

» Poetic Form: Villanelle
   An explanation of the form, with the example of Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" and a link to Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art," from the Academy of American Poets.
   http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5796

» Poetry Form - The Villanelle
   A description and explanation of the form, with examples and a step-by-step guide to writing one.
   http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/villanelle.htm

» Poetry Knowledge Zone: Villanelle
   Explanation, history, and step-by-step instructions for writing by Smitha Chakravarthula. Includes examples.
   http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/pkz8.htm

» The Rapist's Villanelle
   By Tom Disch.
   http://amalgamonster.blogspot.com/2009/01/rapists-villanelle.html

» The Villanelle
   By Sondra Ball. The poem describes the qualities of a villanelle while exemplifying it.
   http://www.sondra.net/al/vol4/41villanelle.htm

» Theocritus: a Villanelle
   By Oscar Wilde.
   http://www.bartleby.com/143/37.html

» Villanelle
   By William Empson.
   http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/706.html

» Villanelle at Sundown
   By Donald Justice.
   http://plagiarist.com/poetry/?wid=388

» Villanelle of Change
   By Edwin Arlington Robinson.
   http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1738.html

» Villanelles for Free
   A collection by Nicholas Gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.
   http://www.poemsforfree.com/villanelles.html