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Virelay
Virelay Vir"e*lay, n. [F. virelai; virer to turn + lai a song, a lay.] An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes. --Chaucer. To which a lady sung a virelay. --Dryden. Note: ``The virelay admitted only two rhymes, and, after employing one for some time, the poet was virer, or to turn, to the other.' --Nares.

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- List of virelais by Guillaume de Machaut Harding, Carol E. "Virelai (Virelay)". In Mic****e M. Sauer (ed.). The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry...
- Poetic fixed forms that feature refrains include the villanelle, the virelay, and the sestina. In po****r music, the refrain or chorus may contrast...
- about a character, idea, or other element of a story. villain villanelle virelay virgule voice volta A turn or switch that emphasizes a change in ideas...
- Hector (1399–1400) Dit de la Rose (1402) Cent Ballades d'Amant et de Dame, Virelays, Rondeaux (1402) Le Chemin de long estude (1403) Livre de la mutation de...