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Bookmark or Share- Examples of Rondeau : Poetry through the Ages - WebExhibitsThe rondeau derived from two main sources: the rondel, a short repeating-line poem; and the rondeaux, courtly songs that, with their catchy rentrement (refrains), were akin to pop hits in 14th and 15th century France.
- Rondeau | Definition, Structure & Examples | BritannicaRondeau, one of several formes fixes (“fixed forms”) in French lyric poetry and song of the 14th and 15th centuries. The full form of a rondeau consists of four stanzas. The first and last are identical; the second half of the second stanza is a short refrain, which has as its text the first half.
- What Is a Rondeau in Poetry? - ThoughtCoA rondeau is a poetic form descended from the songs of French troubadours characterized by three short stanzas of different lengths and a refrain.
- Poetic Forms: 13 Ways of Looking at a Poem : Rondeaurondeau: a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas; also: a poem in this form
- Poetic Forms: Rondeau - Writer's DigestLearn how to write the rondeau, a French poetic form that has 15 lines, three stanzas, and a couple refrains. Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" is a popular example of the rondeau.
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