As children scream in fun and play
They've frolicked on the beach all day
The tides they've watched go out then in
And rub sun cream upon their skin
While parents use the bronzing spray
Here seagulls are the birds of prey
They snatch your lunch and fly away
You have to take it on the chin
As children scream
And as you walk around the bay
Your face, it feels the misty spray
Sees horror for your next of kin
Cuts through the waves a dorsal fin
So proudly shown off on display
As children scream
Rondeau Definition
The Rondeau is a form of verse also used in English language poetry. It makes use of refrains, repeated according to a certain stylized pattern.
It was customarily regarded as a challenge to arrange for these refrains to contribute to the meaning of the poem in as succinct and poignant a manner as possible.
The Rondeau consists of thirteen lines of eight syllables, plus two refrains (which are half lines, each of four syllables), employing, altogether, only three rhymes. It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows:
(1) A A B B A
(2) A A B with refrain: C
(3) A A B B A with concluding refrain C.
*The refrain must be identical with the beginning of the first line. (Half Line)
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