26. Villlanelles pt 2. - Michael Luis Medrano "Villanelle"

03/11/25 • 17 min

Part 2 of 2 on Villanelles, I'll be going stanza by stanza to show how the repetition of Villanelles can be used to create richer emotions. Using a living poet's Villanelle, Michael Luis Medrano harnesses the power of repetition to shed light on Chicano fatherhood.

Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe.

Production Gustav Worm-Leth

Outro Yentl Tijssens

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Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe.

Production Gustav Worm-Leth

Outro Yentl Tijssens

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

25. Villanelles pt 1 - Dylan Thomas "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"

In this episode, I'll be talking about how we can look at poetic forms and discover their internal benefits -- through a difficult form to write called a Villanelle. I'll discuss harnessing the power of repetition with Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.

Production Gustav Worm-Leth

Outro Yentl Tijssens

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