virelai
- a variation of virelay.
Example Sentences
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Charles Cotton, one of whose rondeaus has been quoted, also wrote a virelai.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
Virelays: ballads; the "virelai" was an ancient French poem of two rhymes.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
What shall I weave for thee—what shall I spin— Rondel, or rondeau, or virelai?
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
