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  2. Roundel (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Rondel (poem) - Wikipedia

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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."

  4. Roundel (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A Tondo (art), a large circular piece of art; Roundel (poetry), a form of verse in English language poetry; A signal roundel, a circular disk of colored glass or other translucent material for filtering white light to produce a traffic signal or railway signal of a specific color; Specific instances

  5. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Rondel (or roundel): a poem of 11 to 14 lines consisting of 2 rhymes and the repetition of the first 2 lines in the middle of the poem and at its end. Sonnet : a poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes; in English, they typically have 10 syllables per line.

  6. Tondo (art) - Wikipedia

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    A tondo (pl.: tondi or tondos) is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art, either a painting or a sculpture. The word derives from the Italian rotondo , "round". The term is usually not used in English for small round paintings, but only those over about 60 cm (two feet) in diameter, thus excluding many round portrait miniatures – for ...

  7. Rondelet - Wikipedia

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    The rondelet is a brief French form of poetry. It contains a single septet, refrain, a strict rhyme scheme and a distinct meter pattern. [1] 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 ...

  8. Roundel - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Outline of poetry - Wikipedia

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    Poetry can be described as all of the following things: One of the arts – as an art form, poetry is an outlet of human expression, that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. Poetry is a physical manifestation of the internal human creative impulse.