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rondeau

One of several formes fixes (fixed forms) in French lyric poetry and song of the 14th–15th century, later popular with many English poets. The rondeau has only two rhymes (allowing no repetition of rhyme words) and consists of 13 or 15 lines of 8 or 10 syllables divided into three stanzas. The beginning of the first line of the first stanza serves as the refrain of the second and third stanzas.

rondeau
a poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes and having the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain


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Contents: Thierry Mantovani, "Introduction"; Francoise Fery-Hue, "Un roman d'amour en rondeaux du debut du XV[I.
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Three macaronic rondeaux of Charles's maturity are elegantly re-interpreted; an English version is shown to be a recreation, not a translation; discussion of a refrain's length reveals the role of "Hope" in Charles's poetry; and the beautiful MS Royal 16 F ii's addressee, Prince Arthur, is used to confirm the d istant princess -- "mieulx que femme, deesse" -- as probably Charles's wife Bonne d'Armagnac.
Charles d'Orleans in England (1415-1440). (Reviews) by Kuin, Roger / Renaissance Quarterly
In his canzoniere, Sceve follows very closely, and even sometimes imitates, a corpus of fixed-form poems -- rondeaux parfaits, ballades, and chants royaux -- written by poets of the two previous generations for poetic contests known as Puys.
(Re)visiting Delie: Maurice Sceve and Marian Poetry [*] by DEFAUX, GERARD / Renaissance Quarterly
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