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The Sonnet Collection
Ferrick Gray — For many of us who are considered a purist or those who enjoy what has become known as formal or structured poetry (to distinguish it from free verse poetry), the sonnet is of the type high poetry. This term was coined by T. W. H. Crosland in his The English Sonnet published in 1917.
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The Villanelle Collection
Ferrick Gray — Today, the villanelle is accepted to be a nineteen-line poem consisting of five tercets and a final quatrain using two rimes in a specified order. Throughout the poem there are two repeated lines, called the refrain. The beauty of the villanelle lies in its song-like nature and their refrains impart this musical quality.