Rondine

The Rondine is:

 a poem in 12 lines made up of a septet and ending in a quintet.

 syllabic 8 syllables per line except L7 and L12 which are 4 syllables each. 

 In English metered, most often iambic tetrameter except the refrain which is iambic dimeter.

 composed with a refrain repeated from the opening phrase of the poem, rentrement.

 rhymed, using only 2 rhymes except for the refrain being unrhymed, 

 rhyme scheme abba,aabR, abbaR (R being the refrain)

NOTE: The rhyme may be sight rhyme, slant rhyme, or assonance

ALSO NOTE:  This form found frequently WITH MORE that EIGHT Syllable

As in the example below.

http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1382> 

This is another very neglected and a very challenging poetry form. It consists of two stanzas, a septet (7 lines), and a quintet (5 lines), making the poem a total of 12 lines.There is a refrain which mimics the first phrase of the first line. R.

The Rondine has a rhyme scheme of, 

(R a). b. b. a. a. b. R....a. b. b. a. R.

The meter is open with the French style and not bound by a rhyming pattern and is a more light and buoyant even "flashy" form of poetry which uses short lines, whereas the English is more formal and uses Tetrameter or Pentameter.

Here is an example by Wesli Court.

http://thepoetsgarret.com/2009Challenge/form9.html>

Example Poem

Write a Rondine

Here's my Rondine, my very first .

With practice I'll get better yet.

There is not much I should forget.

The rhymes are decently dispersed.

Find five alike, then dive headfirst.

Now have I, your interest whet?

Here's my Rondine.

Choose words so refrain's not coerced.

It ties the poem don't forget,

from start to end refrain's abet

a singularity well versed.

Here's my Rondine.

© Lawrencealot - April 2012

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