Virelai Nouveau Definition | What is Virelai Nouveau? - PoetrySoup
Definition
Variation on the virelai featuring a double refrain at the start of the poem. These refrain lines are then used alternately at the end of successive stanzas and then appear together again at the end of the final stanza but in reverse order. An example of a virelai nouveau is July by Dobson.
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