redondilla
[ Spanish re-dawn-dee-lyah ]
nounProsody.
a Spanish verse form in which each stanza consists of four lines, each with eight syllables, and a rhyme scheme abba.
Origin of redondilla
11830–40; <Spanish, equivalent to redond(o) round (<Latin rotundus) + -illa diminutive suffix
Words Nearby redondilla
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How to use redondilla in a sentence
The redondilla menor has the same form expressed in lines of less than eight syllables.
Modern Spanish Lyrics | VariousCastillejo endeavoured to restore the gay rhythm of the redondilla, and turned into ridicule the imitators of Petrarch.
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