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Rondelet

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Simple

 
Description: 

AbAabbA where the refrain is four syllables and all other lines eight. If one is writing accentual syllabic verse, it becomes a two-foot refrain and a four foot line.

 
Origin: 

French

 
Schematic: 
R/R: AbAabbA
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

7

 
Line/Poem Length: 

7

 
See Also:  

Septet, Triolet

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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