Virelay definitions

Virelay

1) Verse form from old France
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/virelay

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virelay

old French poem with refrain and unusual rhyming scheme
Found on http://phrontistery.info/v.html

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virelay

a medieval French poetic form, consisting of short lines in stanzas with only two rhymes, where the final rhyme of one stanza becomes the main rhyme of the next.
Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

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Virelay

• (n.) An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/virelay/

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Virelay

An old French term for a short poem consisting of (A) short lines using two rhymes and (B) two openi
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22385

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Virelay

A medieval french poetic form, consisting of short lines in stanzas with only two rhymes, where the
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22429

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Virelay

Vir'e·lay noun [ French virelai ; virer to turn + lai a song, a lay.] An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. « Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes .» Chau...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/27

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Virelay

See virelai above.
Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

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