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Scholars have observed that the rondel is a relatively fluid construction, not always adhering to strict formal definitions. J.M. Cocking wrote that "the reader who comes across a poem bearing the title rondel by Banville, Rollinat, Dobson or Bridges and is curious enough to look for a definition of this form is likely to be more confused than enlightened."
Rondel (from Old French, the diminutive of roont "round", meaning "small circle") may refer to: Rondel (dagger) or roundel , type of medieval dagger Rondel (armour) , a circular piece of steel, as part of an armour harness, that normally protects a vulnerable point
A roundel (not to be confused with the rondel) is a form of verse used in English language poetry devised by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909). It is the Anglo-Norman form corresponding to the French rondeau. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a certain stylized pattern.
The Tricolore cockade of the French Air Force was first used on military aircraft before the First World War [1]. A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours.
Structural plan of 14th century rondel/rondeau forms. The older French rondeau or rondel as a song form between the 13th and mid-15th century begins with a full statement of its refrain, which consists of two halves. This is followed first by a section of non-refrain material that mirrors the metrical structure and rhyme of the refrain's first ...
Rondelet is the diminutive of rondel, a similar, longer verse form. This is the basic structure: Line 1: A—four syllables; Line 2: b—eight syllables; Line 3: A—repeat of line one; Line 4: a—eight syllables; Line 5: b—eight syllables; Line 6: b—eight syllables; Line 7: A—repeat of line one
The Central European cultures associated with roundels (Lengyel, Stroked Pottery, Rössen) are indicated in yellow Reconstruction of circular ditches at Heldenberg, Lower Austria The Goseck circle, Germany Sketch of the layout of the Goseck circle, with indication of the direction of sunrise and sunset on winter solstice [1] Aerial image of a ...
A rondel dagger / ˈ r ɒ n d əl / or roundel dagger is a type of stiff-bladed dagger used in Europe in the late Middle Ages (from the 14th century onwards), used by a variety of people from merchants to knights.