RONDEL

Rondel

A rondel is a verse form originating in French lyrical poetry, later used in the verse of other languages as well, such as English and Romanian. It is a variation of the rondeau consisting of two quatrains followed by a quintet or a sestet . The rondel was invented in the 14th century, and is arguably better suited to the French language than to English. It is not to be confused with the roundel, a similar verse form with repeating refrain.

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rondel

Noun

  1. A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
  2. A poem in the above form.
  3. The verse form rondeau.
  4. A poem in the above rondeau form.
  5. A rondelle, (small) circular object.
  6. A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
  7. A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.


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