chant royal
chant royal · chant royals
A complicated French poetic form, a variation of the ballad form, consisting of five…A complicated French poetic form, a variation of the ballad form, consisting of five eleven-line stanzas with the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b-c-c-d-d-e-d-E and a five-line envoi rhyming d-d-e-d-E or a seven-line envoi c-c-d-d-e-d-E. Rhyming words cannot be repeated.
Meaning
1 sensesA complicated French poetic form, a variation of the ballad form, consisting of five eleven-line stanzas with the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b-c-c-d-d-e-d-E and a five-line envoi rhyming d-d-e-d-E or a seven-line envoi c-c-d-d-e-d-E. Rhyming words cannot be repeated.
Origin
Borrowed from French chant royal.Borrowed from French chant royal.
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Forms
plural: chant royals| Singular | chant royal |
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regular