rondeau
noun
a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
rondeaux
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pluralof rondeau.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These few fragments give an idea of Margaret's style, which was simple, clear, and well expressed, but throughout her rondeaux, songs, and ballads, there is an echo of sadness and disappointment.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne
He is as oblivious of rondeaux, ballades, and roundels, as he is of fair damosels with cygnet necks and full pomegranate lips.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
He has printed several poems in the Regional Gazette, villanelles, rondeaux, and triolets, with accompanying versions of the French, into Altrurian by one of the first Altrurian poets.
From Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance by William Dean Howells
Well, my writer of rondeaux, I have but little time to spare.
From The Grey Cloak by Thomas Mitchell Peirce
On the margins he drew faces or began rondeaux which came to no end.
From The Grey Cloak by Thomas Mitchell Peirce
