a poem consisting of 13 or 10 lines with two rhymes and having the opening words of the first line used as an unrhymed refrain
See also roundel
Word origin
C16: from Old French, from rondel a little round, from rondround
rondeau in American English
(ˈrɑndoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈrondeaux (ˈrɑndoʊz)
1.
a short, lyrical poem of usually fifteen lines (three stanzas), with only two rhymes and with an unrhymed refrain at the end of the second and third stanzas
2.
a.
rondo
b.
a medieval French monophonic or polyphonic song with many repetitions of two themes or phrases