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Rondel

Rondel Meaning & Definition
Rondel Definition And Meaning

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

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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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