Exceptional a reflective rondeau rondels and rondeaus : Come Shout Amen by adewpearl

Come shout amen to celebrate the day this dawn emancipates from doubts which form in dark of night but fade when bathed in breaking light. Come now. Rejoice. Don't hesitate. The time has passed to be sedate when fears forlorn perpetuate. The sun has forced them into flight. Come shout amen! With hope renewed all dread abates as life with light rejuvenates. Each bloom unfurled within our sight prompts dormant passions to ignite. Bear witness as God recreates. Come shout amen! Recognized Author Notes The rondeau is a French form that dates back to the Thirteenth Century when it was commonly set to music. It consists of three verses in fifteen lines. The first verse, in lines of 8 syllables each, is five lines long with a rhyme scheme of AABBA. The second verse of four lines has a rhyme scheme of AABC, with the final line a 4 syllable refrain formed from the first words of the first verse. The third verse is six lines long with a rhyme scheme of AABBAC, with the final line the same four syllable refrain used in the second verse. In the Twentieth Century the rondeau was employed in writing two of my favorite English language poems, "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae.

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