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Bryan

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  • on Lament by Sylvia Plath, on June 24

    please correct typo

    typo line 6 'too' should be 'took'

    Thanks for the "heads-up" Oldpoetry Research Team

  • on Denouement Villanelle by Sylvia Plath, on June 24

    please correct line count

    like all villanelles this one has 19 lines

  • on Missing Dates by William Empson, on June 24

    please fix typo

    Why would a poet hold the villanelle form for 18 lines and then just fail to copy the refrain for the last line??? I doubt he would. I bet if you check you will discover you left off line 19:

    The waste remains, the waste remains and kills.

  • on Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas, on June 24

    Please, Please, Please

    You have a wonderful site. I use it to research form poetry examples. Your line count feature is very valuable. If I want a villanelle I look for 19 line poems. BUT IT MUST BE CORRECT! This is likely the most famous villanelle of all time. Villanelles have 19 lines (so does this villanelle) yet you claim it has 23 lines. Please correct this one and (I know this is daunting but it needs to be done check the rest of your database as well.)

    I try to point them out as I come on them (4 so far today)

    Do not dismiss me as a hater I love what you provide for us but inaccurate info is worse than no info!

    Bryan