"Rondeaux" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Rondeaux" Meaning

Rondel, Rondels, or Rondeaux refers to a medieval short poem written in couplets with a refrain. It is a poem that abides by a specific rhyme scheme and has a characteristic repetition of certain lines.

"Rondeaux" Examples

Rondel

A roundel or rondeau is a composition in music or poetry, in which a theme is introduced which is repeated, varied, and possibly contrasted in a series of sections. The exact nature of the relationship between the various parts of the composition differs in different forms.

- A solo song form, usually with a refrain, two sections of different character, and in the modern view, four sections to a finish; illustrated by the song "Since First I Saw Your Face".
- Used as a way of joining two or more disparate ends of a melody (or stanza), so that it may fold back on itself, forming a circle, this form is also called, in some treatment of the word, ronde, or round.

The Croce de Fer is a specialty variation in the rondeau, by contrast, in which the final section repeats the first, and seeks no contrasting notes or them to form an encapsulated whole.

In linguistic anthropology, a rondeau, ring dance, together with pas d' enfant (see quadrant dance), spiral, and pillar dance, is the fourth of five components in a indigenous American dance.

Rondeaus in literature have four sections.