Refrain! (advice to would-be poets in the form of a villanelle)

If you would write and fain to seek renown
And win the fickle crowd's cheap-bought acclaim
Refrain from writing repetitions down.

Hope not for long-lived glory or a crown
Like He who (in iambics) wrought the Dane
If you would feign to write and seek renown.

If you would gain acceptance in the town
Thereby avoiding laughter and disdain
Refrain from writing repetitions down.

Don't use such words as hither, thither, 'zounds
Don't pen a pantoum, sonnet or a paean
If you would write and fain to seek renown.

If Fate has cast you as Erato's clown
(the sight of joyous couples causing pain)
Refrain from writing repetitions down.

Embrace the pace and blandness of Dan Brown
Thrust not upon the reader thoughtful strain
If you would feign to write and seek renown
Refrain from writing repetitions down.