( n. )
A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.
( n. )
A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012