Villanelle Generator
A 19-line poem of two refrains and three rhymes, alternating across six stanzas.
Free · 2 per day · with rhyme scheme + form check · no signup.
What is a villanelle?
19 lines. Two refrains that rotate. Two rhymes. A maddening, obsessive form.
The villanelle migrated from 16th-century French pastoral to English literature in the 19th century. Dylan Thomas's 'Do Not Go Gentle' is the form's masterclass: the refrains become an argument with death.
Tip: If the two refrains don't shift in meaning across their repetitions, the villanelle's mechanism is wasted. Each return should land differently.
Frequently asked
- What is a villanelle?
- A 19-line poem of two refrains and three rhymes, alternating across six stanzas.
- Is the generation free?
- Yes — 2 per day, no signup.
- Can I save the result?
- Yes — use the Save PDF button or send it to our free analyzer to dig deeper.
- How accurate is the form check?
- Line count and rhyme are checked deterministically. Meter is verified to ±1 syllable on average. Some structural rules are advisory.