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A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat", and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in poetry—the "chorus" of a song. Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle , the virelay , and the sestina .
Title page of Franz Rigler's "Three Rondos" (1790) First page of the manuscript for Mozart's Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. The rondo is a musical form that contains a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") which alternates with one or more contrasting themes, generally called "episodes", but also occasionally referred to as "digressions" or ...
A refrain is a line or lines repeated in a verse or song. Refrain may also refer to: "Refrain" (Lys Assia song), winner of Eurovision 1956 "Refrain" (Mamoru Miyano song), 2009; Refrain (Stockhausen), a 1966 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen; Refrain, a 2020 album by Boris and Z.O.A "Refrain", a 1988 song by James from Strip-mine
Folderol, a nonsense refrain in songs, is used in genres as diverse as Christmas songs ("Deck the Halls") and naval songs like "Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate". The European pop genre yé-yé was named after the frequent use of English-derived "Yeah!" as filler. Spanish yeyé signer Massiel won the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest with La, la, la.
Purity rings are worn by some youth committed to the practice of sexual abstinence. [1]Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from sexual activity for reasons medical, psychological, legal, social, philosophical, moral, religious or other.
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An unfortunately memorable moment of the 2024 World Series occurred in Game 4 when Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts attempted to catch a fly ball in right-field foul territory at Yankee ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...