Entertainment / Literature / Rondeau: A short poem consisting of ten, thirteen, or fifteen lines using only two rhymes which concludes each section with an abbreviated line that serves as a refrain. We can see an example of the rondeau in the following poem from Austin Dobson's With Pipe and Flute: With pipe and flute the rustic Pan Of old made music sweet for man, And wonder hushed the warbling bird, And closer drew the calm-eyed herd, The rolling river slowlier ran. Ah! Would,--ah! Would, a little span, Some air of Arcady could fan This age of ours, too seldom stirred With pipe and flute! But now for gold we plot and plan, And from Beersheba unto Dan Apollo's self might pass unheard, Or find the night-jar's note preferred-- Not so it fared when time began With pipe and flute! The rondeau is an uncommon genre in English because of the need to repeat two rhymes so many times. Languages with matching masculine and feminine endings for nouns--such as French, Spanish, and Italian--serve as a much better medium for the genre. Cf. Rondel, roundel, roundelay, villanelle. (French, 'little circle')
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Lifestyle / Poetry / Rondeau Redoublé: five quatrains and a closing quintain, using two rhymes. The first quatrain consists of four refrain lines that are used, in sequence, as the last lines of the next four quatrains: and the last line o MORE
Life Style / Poetry / Rondeau Redoublé: five quatrains and a closing quintain, using two rhymes. The first quatrain consists of four refrain lines that are used, in sequence, as the last lines of the next four quatrains: and the last line o MORE
Entertainment / Music / Fixed Forms: Group of forms, especially in medieval France, in which the poetic structure determines musical repetitions. See also ballade, rondeau, virelai. MORE