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单词 rondeau
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Definition of rondeau in English:

rondeau

nounPlural rondeaux ˈrɒndəʊˈrɑndoʊ
  • A poem of ten or thirteen lines with only two rhymes throughout and with the opening words used twice as a refrain.

    (10或13行的)两韵叠句短诗;回旋体诗

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their fourth exercise/poem was their choice of a form using repetition or refrain: a villanelle, rondeaux, traditional ghazal, glosa, sestina or pantoum.
    • It may be that the most difficult poetic form isn't the sestina or the rondeau redoublé but a modernist, free-verse form commonly known as the ‘skinny’ poem: three-, two-, and often one-word lines expose the poet's every gesture.
    • The refrain of his rondeau is ‘drop the saxophone, Danton, and get on with the show.’

Origin

Early 16th century: French, later form of rondel (see rondel).

Rhymes

condo, rondo, secondo, tondo

Definition of rondeau in US English:

rondeau

nounˈrɑndoʊˈrändō
  • A thirteen-line poem, divided into three stanzas of 5, 3, and 5 lines, with only two rhymes throughout and with the opening words of the first line used as a refrain at the end of the second and third stanzas.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their fourth exercise/poem was their choice of a form using repetition or refrain: a villanelle, rondeaux, traditional ghazal, glosa, sestina or pantoum.
    • It may be that the most difficult poetic form isn't the sestina or the rondeau redoublé but a modernist, free-verse form commonly known as the ‘skinny’ poem: three-, two-, and often one-word lines expose the poet's every gesture.
    • The refrain of his rondeau is ‘drop the saxophone, Danton, and get on with the show.’

Origin

Early 16th century: French, later form of rondel (see rondel).

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