Rondeau: alternatives and connections

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Rondeau

A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.

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Classical 76% connected

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

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Poem 76% connected

A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and…

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Roundel 76% connected

A rondelay.

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Rondel 92% connected

A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.

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Rondo 92% connected

A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.

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