How do you write Rondelet?

The rondelet is a brief French form of poetry.
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This is the basic structure:
  1. Line 1: A—four syllables.
  2. Line 2: b—eight syllables.
  3. Line 3: A—repeat of line one.
  4. Line 4: a—eight syllables.
  5. Line 5: b—eight syllables.
  6. Line 6: b—eight syllables.
  7. Line 7: A—repeat of line one.
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How do you write a Rondelet poem?

Here are the basic guidelines for this poetic form:
  1. 7 lines.
  2. Lines 1, 3, and 7 are refrains.
  3. Refrain lines are 4 syllables long, other lines are 8 syllables.
  4. Rhyme scheme: AbAabbA.
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What is a 15 line stanza called?

What Is Rondeau Poetry? A rondeau is a French form of poetry composed of 15 lines, each of which contains between eight and 10 syllables. Rondeau poems contain a fixed verse form divided into three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a sestet.
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What is a rondeau example?

Glossary of Poetic Terms

The 10-line version rhymes ABBAABc ABBAc (where the lower-case “c” stands for the refrain). The 15-line version often rhymes AABBA AABc AABAc. Geoffrey Chaucer's “Now welcome, summer” at the close of The Parlement of Fowls is an example of a 13-line rondeau.
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What is a roundelay poem?

Definition of roundelay

1 : a simple song with a refrain. 2 : a poem with a refrain recurring frequently or at fixed intervals as in a rondel.
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What does Rondelet mean?

Definition of rondelet

: a modified rondeau consisting usually of seven lines in which the first line of four syllables is repeated as the third line and as the final line or refrain and the remaining lines are made up of eight syllables each.
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What is a poem with 24 lines called?

The roundelay is a 24 line poem written in trochaic tetrameter. What they have in common is that they both only use two rhyme sounds, and make use of refrains. Rondelet is the diminutive of rondel, a similar, longer verse form.
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What is the shorthand abbreviation for a rondeau?

In the rondeau quatrain, the rhyme scheme is usually ABBA ab AB abba ABBA; in the rondeau cinquain it is AABBA aab AAB aabba AABBA.
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What is a poem with 16 lines called?

A quatern is a 16-line poem made up of four quatrains (four-line stanzas) as opposed to other poetic forms that incorporate a sestet or tercet.
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What is the form of rondeau?

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 of the first stanza.
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What is a 21 line poem called?

Structure. The pantoum is a form of poetry similar to a villanelle in that there are repeating lines throughout the poem. It is composed of a series of quatrains; the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and third lines of the next stanza.
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What is a 22 line poem called?

The Lauranelle, created by Laura Lamarca, is a hybrid (variation) of both the Villanelle and the Terzanelle forms. The poem is 22 lines in length opposed to the 19-line length of the aforementioned classical forms. Lines MUST be 10 syllables in length and also MUST be in iambic pentameter.
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What is a 40 line poem called?

Glose (or Glosa). 40-line poem based off an epigraph.
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What is the structure of a Pantoum?

The pantoum is a poem of any length, composed of four-line stanzas in which the second and fourth lines of each stanza serve as the first and third lines of the next stanza. The last line of a pantoum is often the same as the first.
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What are Rondels usually about?

Teaches Reading and Writing Poetry. Learn More. Rondel poetry is an older form of French lyrical poetry that offers an exciting structure built around repetitive refrains.
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What are Villanelles usually about?

Villanelles originally centered around pastoral scenes and many of their themes commemorating life in the countryside. As the fixed villanelle gained popularity, writers used it to tackle all sorts of meanings, from celebration to sadness, and from love to loss.
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What is a 2 line poem called?

A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse.
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What is a 7 line poem called?

A 7-line poem is called a Septet. It can also be known as a Rhyme Royal. Traditionally, Rhyme Royals have the following rhyming sequence: ababbcc.
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What is a 3 line poem called?

A poetic unit of three lines, rhymed or unrhymed. Thomas Hardy's “The Convergence of the Twain” rhymes AAA BBB; Ben Jonson's “On Spies” is a three-line poem rhyming AAA; and Percy Bysshe Shelley's “Ode to the West Wind” is written in terza rima form.
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How do you abbreviate Je ne sais pas?

Abbreviation Adventures in French
  1. Abbreviation: AR.
  2. Short for: aller-retour.
  3. English equivalent: round-trip.
  4. abbreviation: dsl / déso.
  5. Short for: désolé
  6. English equivalent: sorry.
  7. Abbreviation: jsp.
  8. Short for: je ne sais pas.
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What is a rondeau used for?

Part of a rondeau's allure is its versatility: its shape lends itself well to searing, braising, oven-roasting, frying, poaching, pan-roasting, and simmering or boiling.
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What is a 1 line stanza called?

The monostich is a stanza—a whole poem—consisting of just one line. After that, there is the couplet (two-line stanza), tercet (three-line stanza), quatrain (four-line), quintet (five-line), sestet (six-line), septet (seven-line), and octave (eight-line).
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How do you number a poem?

Write the first line of the poem coordinating to the number one. For example, "The number one is lots of fun. Straight and narrow, up and down it runs." Move onto the next number in the poem, the number two. For example, "After one is the number two, look down and count your shoes!"
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What is a 28 line poem called?

Ballade. French. Line usually 8-10 syllables; stanza of 28 lines, divided into 3 octaves and 1 quatrain, called the envoy. The last line of each stanza is the refrain.
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