Rondeau Prime: To Renounce the World - Ursula Mortimer
Channel: Cerian Cantwr
Date: 2023-03-06

Rondeau Prime: To Renounce the World - Ursula Mortimer
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. 

Rondeau Prime: 
The rondeau prime is a shorter variation of the rondeau.  It too is a French form dating from the 13th century.  It contains twelve lines, which tend to be iambic.  Ten of them are of similar length, while the two half-lines restate the opening phrase.  The verse is split into two sections - seven lines in the first and five in the second.  Both sections end with the half-line refrain.  The rhyme scheme is as follows:  abbaccbR abbaR

A The rondeau prime is an alternate form;
B It has but twelve lines and not fifteen -
B Throughout the verse, iambs are routine.
C Now while the line lengths can be varied,
C They should stay close, like they were married.
B Except the half-line, which restates the theme:
R The rondeau prime

A So to these guidelines please conform,
B And do not let your lines careen,
B Your verse should sweetly sound serene.
A A new piece that you now perform.
R The rondeau prime