Tara's+Unfamilar+Genre+Project

Unfamiliar Genre Project Proposal I would like to exlpore writing poetry in the villanelle form. I have encountered this form more and more frequently as I progress in my literature classes and I would really enjoy writing some myself. However, they seem quite difficult to write given their strict structure and rhyme scheme. I hope to find some guides on how to write them. I occasionally write open/free verse poetry and only when truly inspired. Being forced into a stucture and rhyme scheme is something that I have never really been interested in achieveing, until now.

[|Tara-Annotated Bibliography.docx]
[|Tara Mayfield - Villanelle User's Guide.docx]

My work:

All rough drafts were written by hand. Revisions were inserted into my folder and given to you. Thank you!

[|Tara Mayfield-Villanelle 1.docx] [|Tara Mayfield-Villanelle 2.docx] [|Tara Mayfield-Villanelle 3.docx]

Reflection:

[|Tara Mayfield-UGP Reflection.docx]


 * Annotated Bibliography (5)** 5
 * User's Guide (10)** 10
 * Drafts+ Final (15)** 15
 * Reflection (10**) 10


 * Total (40)** 40

====Both your User's Guide and your Reflection show a rich self-awareness of your composing process and your sticking points as a writer. I thought the User's Guide was especially practical and **useful** to a potential writer. ====

The three Villanelles were all credible examples, but I liked the second one best. It had the most vivid imagery as in,
Our imprints remain as the only witness To our lips pressed to Naiveté’s wine

As W.C. Williams said, "No ideas, but in things."  Your second villanelle has the most "things." The third one wears mostly abstractions and, consequently, seems least clear to me. The whole portfolio is a great model of learning genre. Well done!