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A Century of Roundels

A Century of Roundels

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Number of Chapters: 52

Length: 01 hour and 38 minutes

Language: English

A roundel (not to be confused with the rondel) is a form of verse used in English language poetry devised by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909). It is a variation of the French rondeau form. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a certain stylized pattern. A roundel consists of nine lines each having the same number of syllables, plus a refrain after the third line and after the last line. The refrain must be identical with the beginning of the first line: it may be a half-line, and rhymes with the second line. It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows: A B A R ; B A B ; A B A R ; where R is the refrain. Swinburne had published a book A Century of Roundels. He dedicated these poems to his friend Christina Rossetti, who then started writing roundels herself, as evidenced by the following examples from her anthology of poetry: Wife to Husband; A Better Resurrection; A Life's Parallels; Today for me; It is finished; From Metastasio. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Dedication to Christina G. Rossetti (ravenotation)
In Harbour (ravenotation)
The Way of the Wind (ravenotation)
'Had I Wist' (ravenotation)
Recollections (ravenotation)
Time and Life (ravenotation)
A Dialogue (ravenotation)
Plus Ultra (ravenotation)
A Dead Friend (ravenotation)
Past Days (ravenotation)
Autumn and Winter (ravenotation)
The Death of Richard Wagner (ravenotation)
Two Preludes; Lohengrin & Tristan und Isolde (ravenotation)
The Lute and the Lyre (ravenotation)
Plus Intra (ravenotation)
Change (ravenotation)
A Baby's Death (ravenotation)
One of Twain (ravenotation)
Death and Birth (ravenotation)
Birth and Death (ravenotation)
Benediction (ravenotation)
Etude Realiste (ravenotation)
Babyhood (ravenotation)
First Footsteps (ravenotation)
A Ninth Birthday (ravenotation)
Not a Child (ravenotation)
To Dora Dorian (ravenotation)
The Roundel (ravenotation)
At Sea (ravenotation)
Wasted Love (ravenotation)
Before Sunset (ravenotation)
A Singing Lesson (ravenotation)
Flower-pieces; Love Lies Bleeding & Love in a Mist (ravenotation)
Three Faces; Ventimiglia, Genoa & Venice (ravenotation)
Eros (ravenotation)
Sorrow (ravenotation)
Sleep (ravenotation)
On an Old Roundel (ravenotation)
A Landscape by Courbet (ravenotation)
A Flower-piece by Fantin (ravenotation)
A Night-piece by Millet (ravenotation)
Marzo Pazzo (ravenotation)
Dead Love (ravenotation)
Discord (ravenotation)
Concord (ravenotation)
Mourning (ravenotation)
Aperotos Eros (ravenotation)
To Catullus (ravenotation)
Insularum Ocelle' (ravenotation)
In Sark (ravenotation)
In Guernsey (ravenotation)
Envoi (ravenotation)
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