Joy Graham, Robyn Corum and Beas Peas (aka Marilyn) are all participating in the September poem-a-day with me. You'll love their poems! Give them a read, and thank you for reading mine.

The Rondeau Redouble is a development of the Rondeau. Like that form, it is written on two rhymes, but in five stanzas of four lines each and one of five lines. Each of the first four lines (stanza 1) get individually repeated in turn once by becoming successively, the respective fourth lines of stanzas 2,3,4 &5. That can be represented as - A1, B1, A2, B2, b,a,b,A1, b,a,b,B1, b,a,b,A2, a,b,a,B2, b,a,b,a,(A1)

That all sounds a bit confusing, but if you note carefully, you will see how each line of the first stanza makes an appearance, in order, later in the poem. Then the first half or part of line 1 must come back as the final short line.

The trick is to make sure you choose two suitable rhymes to begin with or you will really struggle. You need about 10 different words with each of the two rhymes!

Best of luck if you decide to give it a try!

Video courtesy of YouTube. The audio is a little strange, but I chose this video for the wealth of information - even more, for the beauty of the birds that was captured (the glamorous things)!

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