A Villanelle About Trying To Write A Villanelle

I wanted to improve my poetry
So I tried to write a villanelle
I thought it would be easy

The first stanza went quite well
But I slowly began to see
It was difficult to foretell

How successful I might be
Whether I could really excel
Or was this form beyond me?

I knew I could construct the shell
Of any poem visually
But the themes would just unravel

Without the missing key
To unlock inspiration’s cell
And set my trapped muse free

And I tried my best to quell
This most poetic villainy
But it’s time to sound this poem’s knell
And the villanelle can go to Hell