Post by jeannerené on Jun 2, 2007 14:20:38 GMT -8
THE RONDEAU and THE RONDELET . . .
Poets Online Archive
Rondeau
web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/poetsonline/archive/arch_rondeau.htm
The rondeau (RAHN-doe) is a French fixed form. "In Flanders Fields", a rondeau written by Canadian John McCrae, is the best-known poem from World War I. Decried by modern critics as maudlin and jingoistic, McCrae's poem nevertheless remains the most recognized piece to emerge from the First World War. It was praised by contemporaries as the finest war poem in any language, and has been committed to memory by generations of Canadian schoolchildren. We still see poppies distributed by veterans' groups in the U.S. near Memorial Day in May and on November 11, Remembrance Day, in Canada. The poem is an important part of the poetry of the First World War era. For more on this poem's history, see www.geocities.com/~worldwar1/mccrae.html
There are a number of variations on this form ( the rondel, rondelet, roundel) but the rondeau usually consists of fifteen lines. Each octo- or decasyllabic line ( 8 or 10 syllables, the number remaining consistent throughout the poem) is set into three stanzas of 5, 4 and 6 lines, with only two rhymes used throughout. In the McCrae poem the rhymes are set up by "blow" and "sky." A word or words from the first part of the first line are used as a (usually unrhymed) refrain ending the second and third stanza. The rhyme scheme then is aabba aabR aabbaR.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
***
Rondelet
pc005.k12.sd.us/Rondelet.htm
Rondelet is from French origin. It is a seven-line, syllabic poem. Lines 1, 3, and 7 repeat. Some lines do ryhme.
Line 1: four syllables A
Line 2: eight syllables b
Line 3: four syllables A
Line 4: eight syllables a
Line 5: eight syllables b
Line 6: eight syllables b
Line 7: four syllables A
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Rondelet Examples
by Mrs. Cwach
Smarter
You are smarter
than you think. Higher than the Alps.
You are smarter
for learning from your mistakes. You
are wiser for asking for help
instead of ending up like kelp.
You are smarter.
Never Meant
I never meant
to hurt your ego. The message
I never meant
is why you judge instead of wait
to decide what chapter or page
to transfer your awesome passage
I never meant.
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Poets Online Archive
Rondeau
web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/poetsonline/archive/arch_rondeau.htm
The rondeau (RAHN-doe) is a French fixed form. "In Flanders Fields", a rondeau written by Canadian John McCrae, is the best-known poem from World War I. Decried by modern critics as maudlin and jingoistic, McCrae's poem nevertheless remains the most recognized piece to emerge from the First World War. It was praised by contemporaries as the finest war poem in any language, and has been committed to memory by generations of Canadian schoolchildren. We still see poppies distributed by veterans' groups in the U.S. near Memorial Day in May and on November 11, Remembrance Day, in Canada. The poem is an important part of the poetry of the First World War era. For more on this poem's history, see www.geocities.com/~worldwar1/mccrae.html
There are a number of variations on this form ( the rondel, rondelet, roundel) but the rondeau usually consists of fifteen lines. Each octo- or decasyllabic line ( 8 or 10 syllables, the number remaining consistent throughout the poem) is set into three stanzas of 5, 4 and 6 lines, with only two rhymes used throughout. In the McCrae poem the rhymes are set up by "blow" and "sky." A word or words from the first part of the first line are used as a (usually unrhymed) refrain ending the second and third stanza. The rhyme scheme then is aabba aabR aabbaR.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
***
Rondelet
pc005.k12.sd.us/Rondelet.htm
Rondelet is from French origin. It is a seven-line, syllabic poem. Lines 1, 3, and 7 repeat. Some lines do ryhme.
Line 1: four syllables A
Line 2: eight syllables b
Line 3: four syllables A
Line 4: eight syllables a
Line 5: eight syllables b
Line 6: eight syllables b
Line 7: four syllables A
-----------------------------------------
Rondelet Examples
by Mrs. Cwach
Smarter
You are smarter
than you think. Higher than the Alps.
You are smarter
for learning from your mistakes. You
are wiser for asking for help
instead of ending up like kelp.
You are smarter.
Never Meant
I never meant
to hurt your ego. The message
I never meant
is why you judge instead of wait
to decide what chapter or page
to transfer your awesome passage
I never meant.
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