[ron-dl-et, ron-dl-et] 
| a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain. |
| ron·de·let (rŏn'dl-ět', -dl-ā') n. A poem similar to a rondeau, usually having seven lines and always two rhymes, with the first line containing four syllables repeated as lines three and seven and the other lines containing eight syllables. [French, from Old French, diminutive of rondel, rondel; see rondel.] |
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