About The Word Rondel
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Rondel
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What's The Definition Of Rondel?
[n] a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rondel: rondeau Related Terms | Find terms related to Rondel: See Also | poem | rondelet | roundel | verse form Rondel In Webster's Dictionary \Ron"del\, n. [Cf. {Rondeau}, {Roundel}.]
1. (Fort.) A small round tower erected at the foot of a
bastion. [Obs.]
2. [F.]
(a) Same as {Rondeau}.
(b) Specifically, a particular form of rondeau containing
fourteen lines in two rhymes, the refrain being a
repetition of the first and second lines as the
seventh and eighth, and again as the thirteenth and
fourteenth. --E. W. Gosse.
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