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Short Rondel

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Isosyllabic

 
Description: 

(Ab)bccaA ddeeaA Isosyllabic except for the last lines of the stanzas. They are refrains pulled from the first part of the first line.

 
Origin: 

French

 
Schematic: 
(Ab)bccaA ddeeaA

A = Refrain and first part of line one.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

6

 
Line/Poem Length: 

12

 
See Also:  

Rondel, Sestet

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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