Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement

Accentual-syllabic with uniform line lengths except for the shorter refrain: (Ba)baB bab abaB where B is the first word or phrase from the first line and rhymes with the last word of the second line.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

English

R/R: (Ba)baB bab abaB

B = Refrain that is first part of first line and rhymes with the “b” lines.

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Rondeau Prime

Incomplete