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Rondel
also: Rondeau
A medieval French lyric form built on two rhymes and refrains that loop back on themselves. Trakl's Rondel (section 8 of Gedichte) uses the circular return of its lines to enact the fading and passing of a golden day.
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- Poems §8 Rondel
A rondel is a short lyric form of medieval French origin in which the opening lines return as a refrain at the end, creating a circular, incantatory structure. Trakl's use of the form enacts the poem's mood of haunted repetition.
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