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redondilla

[ Spanish re-dawn-dee-lyah ]

noun

, Prosody.
  1. a Spanish verse form in which each stanza consists of four lines, each with eight syllables, and a rhyme scheme abba.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of redondilla1

1830–40; < Spanish, equivalent to redond ( o ) round (< Latin rotundus ) + -illa diminutive suffix

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Example Sentences

The redondilla menor has the same form expressed in lines of less than eight syllables.

Castillejo endeavoured to restore the gay rhythm of the redondilla, and turned into ridicule the imitators of Petrarch.

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