ron·de·let (r n dl- t , -dl- )n. A poem similar to a rondeau, usually having seven lines and always two rhymes, with the first line containing four syllables repeated as lines three and seven and the other lines containing eight syllables. [French, from Old French, diminutive of rondel, rondel; see rondel.] |
rondelet [ˈrɒndəˌlɛt]
n
(Literature / Poetry) a brief rondeau, having five or seven lines and a refrain taken from the first line
[from Old French: a little rondel]
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