Category: Form Manual

  • The Rondel

    Ferrick Gray — The rondel originated from French lyrical poetry and consists of two rimes in three stanzas. The repetition and its manner of reading gives it a very pleasant and musical quality.

  • The Beauty of the Sestina

    Ferrick Gray — The sestina is not the most popular form to write to these days. However, a book of sestinas was published in 2014 which sparked an interest in the form. Admittedly it is a form that takes some time to fully appreciate.