rondeau

Speech parts

1. rondeau - Noun

2. Rondeau - Proper noun

Meaning

A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.

See Rondo, 1.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rondel rondo roundel roundelay canon sonnet ballade elegy round verse epic ballad troll bucolic dirge
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Antonyms

formal mild prose elegant nonfiction words
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Hypernyms

classical poem classical music serious music verse form

Hyponyms

roundel rondelet

Derivatives

Rondeaux

Anagrams

unoared

Examples

But the form of free verse is as binding and as liberating as the form of a rondeau. Donald Hall

I have read a rondeau or rondel by Marzials in the Athenaeum beginning and ending "When I see you": it was very graceful and shewing an art and finish rare in English verse. This makes me the more astonished about Flop flop. Theo Marzials

Donald Hall goes as far as to say that "the form of free verse is as binding and as liberating as the form of a rondeau ", Donald Hall, in the essay 'Goatfoot, Milktongue, Twinbird' in the book of 0-472-40000-2. Source: Internet

Robert Thomas, a math coach at Greylock nominated Rondeau, describing her as having a classroom with a "calm, positive environment but her classes are peppy and fun. Source: Internet

Rosemary Mitton, who owns a cottage on the north shore of Lake Erie not far from Rondeau Provincial Park, said she might have seen Fisher’s flares that night. Source: Internet

Marc Rondeau faces charges of producing a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rondavel rondawel ronde Rondeaux rondel rondelay