Rhythmic Beats: A Rondelet
©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer
We’ll beat as one.
If love cease to exist again,
we’ll beat as one.
If your legs are too old to run,
if your lips’ sweetness can’t remain,
if your mind forgets to be sane,
we’ll beat as one.
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Photo credit: Tamara Menzi
In response to Blogging from A to Z Challenge: R is for Rondelet
The Rondelet is a relatively short poem using the entire opening line as its refrain. It is French in origin, another member of the 13th century Rondeau Family of Forms which is defined by its use of the rentrement.
The Rondelet is:
- a heptastich, a poem in 7 lines.
- in French syllabic. Syllable count per line are 4-8-4-8-8-8-4 In English tends to be iambic in pattern.
- composed with a rentrement, in the Rondelet the entire L1 is repeated as refrain in L3 and L7.
- rhymed. Rhyme scheme interlocks between the refrain AbAabbA.
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oh this is so sweet 🙂
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Thank you, Lady Lee! ❤❤❤
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I think poetry is quite a bit like maths!! So technical. Lovely as usual. Rose.
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That is so true. There are some who are actually based on math, like the form called Fib/Fibonnaci. 🙂
Thank you very much! Will catch up reading soon!
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Beautiful!! Someone must be having a few thoughts in her mind 😉 😉
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A lot I must say. ❤❤❤
Thank you dear Dajena. 😘😘😘
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Oh, this is such a sweet poem. And I love how you repeat the line “we’ll beat as one”. It gives more weight to the line and makes it that much more poignant to read.
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Thank you very much for your insightful and sweet comment, Jade! 🙂 The form called for the repetition, and I guess your words are right. ❤
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Love the timeless quality of this poem. “We’ll beat as one” no matter the circumstances. Great write Rosema 🙂
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Timeless?? Geez! That’s too much compliment, my friend! ❤ ❤ ❤ Thank you very much!!!
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Lol. Not at all. ❤️
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😀 😀 😀 Thank youuuu!
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Everyone is right who sees this work of yours as sweet. It is. It also has a bit of a kick. The fifth and sixth lines, especially, remind us that age even in love doesn’t necessarily go smoothly. I like the crafty references to reality.
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“The fifth and sixth lines, especially, remind us that age even in love doesn’t necessarily go smoothly. I like the crafty references to reality.”
These words sound so sweet in my ears, Christopher. Thank you very much! ❤
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“if your mind forgets to be sane,
we’ll beat as one. ” now that’s love right there. This is such a lovely poem 🙂 It reads like a vow.
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I was thinking of a word to describe it – that’s right, a vow. Just lovely.
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🙂
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awwww. you’re so sweet, dear! Salamat!
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Walang anuman 😘
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Indeed there is love. Maybe I am inspired? 😀 Thank you dear, Mel! ❤
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You’re welcome 🙂
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😀 😀 😀
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AWESOME!
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Thank you very much, Anan!
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This is wonderful!
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yay! sweet, eh? 😀
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Yes!! 🙂 🙂
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xoxo
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xoxoxo
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No matter what happens love will beat as one 🙂 Perfect, dear Rose 🙂
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I agree! If it’s true love perhaps? 😀
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