Sandra Martyres,
IN
Her Singing
She
kept singing,
Her dutiful tune day and night.
She kept singing,
It was just her way of showing,
That she cared and that he was right.
She was pretty but not too bright,
She kept singing.
The Rondelet is
a 7 line Syllable counted genre: 4, 8, 4, 8, 8, 8, 4 - the
third and seventh lines are a repeat of the first line. The
word is the diminutive of rondel, a similar, longer verse
form. The rhyme scheme is A,b,A,a,b,b,A. The refrained lines
should contain the same words, however substitution or
different use of punctuation on the lines has been common.
Etymology: The term roundelay originates from 1570, from
Modern French rondelet, a diminutive of rondel meaning
"short poem with a refrain," literally "small circle". From
Old French rondel, a diminutive of rond meaning "circle,
sphere," originally an adjective from roont. The spelling
developed by association with lay (noun) "poem to be sung" (Wikipedia).
Bibliography: Michel Barrucaud, François Besson, Eric
Doumerc, Raphaelle Gosta de Beaurregard, Aurélie Guilain,
Wendy Harding, Isabelle Keller-Privat, Catherine Lamone,
Lesley Lawton et Sylvie Maurel, An introduction to poetry in
English, Presses Universtitaires du Mirail, Toulouse (http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=roundelay).
See
Also: Sketchbook Writer's Handbook:
Rondel
Sandra
Martyres, IN—Rondel:
The Game of Cricket: Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan/Feb, 2011.
