A Roundel is syllabic with 3 Stanzas, 9 lines of the same length, and two shorter refrain lines which must be indentical to the beginning of the first line.
There is NO set line length but iambic tetrameter or petrameter is common.
Rhyme Scheme: abaB bab abaB,
where B is the refrain after the third line and as the final line of the poem.
The refrain must be
identical with the beginning of the first line:
it may be a
half-line, and rhymes with the second line.
Example Poem
Summer Awe (Roundel)
Without a doubt you
know I'm here
from canine breath I
must let out,
that we're connected
souls is clear
Without a doubt.
Your wings move
slowly near my snout
as though a greeting
without fear.
I love how your kind
flits about.
Your brilliant
colors do endear;
you dance to
flower's summer shout.
We both hold freedom
very dear
Without a doubt.
© Lawrencealot -
April 14, 2013
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