Definition of virelay in English:

virelay

noun ˈvɪrəleɪˈvɪrəˌleɪ

A short lyric poem of a type originating in France in the 14th century, consisting of short lines arranged in stanzas with only two rhymes, the end rhyme of one stanza being the chief one of the next.
双韵短诗（14世纪源于法国的抒情短诗，由双韵分诗节的短诗行组成，一个诗节的尾韵即为下一诗节的主韵）
Example sentencesExamples
- Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll Scrawled over on some boyish holiday With idle songs for pipe and virelay, Which do but mar the secret of the whole.
- The secular compositions include four Italian madrigals and nine ballate, two French virelays, and one Latin canon.
- He had never dared to tell her his love, but he composed many songs, rounds, and virelays about the agonies of one who adores and is not loved in return.
- You have five days to write twelve sestinas, four limericks, and a Bulgarian variant of the virelay.
- In this book are contained all the songs, ballads, roundelays and virelays, which that gentle duke had composed, and of them I had made this collection.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French virelai.

Definition of virelay in US English:

virelay

(also virelai)

nounˈvirəˌlāˈvɪrəˌleɪ

A medieval French lyric poem of indefinite length composed of stanzas of long lines rhyming with each other and short lines rhyming with each other, the short lines of each stanza furnishing the rhyme for the long lines of the next, with the short lines of the last stanza taking their rhyme from the short lines of the first.
Example sentencesExamples
- In this book are contained all the songs, ballads, roundelays and virelays, which that gentle duke had composed, and of them I had made this collection.
- You have five days to write twelve sestinas, four limericks, and a Bulgarian variant of the virelay.
- He had never dared to tell her his love, but he composed many songs, rounds, and virelays about the agonies of one who adores and is not loved in return.
- Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll Scrawled over on some boyish holiday With idle songs for pipe and virelay, Which do but mar the secret of the whole.
- The secular compositions include four Italian madrigals and nine ballate, two French virelays, and one Latin canon.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French virelai.

单词	virelay
释义	Definition of virelay in English: virelay noun ˈvɪrəleɪˈvɪrəˌleɪ A short lyric poem of a type originating in France in the 14th century, consisting of short lines arranged in stanzas with only two rhymes, the end rhyme of one stanza being the chief one of the next. 双韵短诗（14世纪源于法国的抒情短诗，由双韵分诗节的短诗行组成，一个诗节的尾韵即为下一诗节的主韵） Example sentencesExamples Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll Scrawled over on some boyish holiday With idle songs for pipe and virelay, Which do but mar the secret of the whole. The secular compositions include four Italian madrigals and nine ballate, two French virelays, and one Latin canon. He had never dared to tell her his love, but he composed many songs, rounds, and virelays about the agonies of one who adores and is not loved in return. You have five days to write twelve sestinas, four limericks, and a Bulgarian variant of the virelay. In this book are contained all the songs, ballads, roundelays and virelays, which that gentle duke had composed, and of them I had made this collection. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French virelai. Definition of virelay in US English: virelay (also virelai) nounˈvirəˌlāˈvɪrəˌleɪ A medieval French lyric poem of indefinite length composed of stanzas of long lines rhyming with each other and short lines rhyming with each other, the short lines of each stanza furnishing the rhyme for the long lines of the next, with the short lines of the last stanza taking their rhyme from the short lines of the first. Example sentencesExamples In this book are contained all the songs, ballads, roundelays and virelays, which that gentle duke had composed, and of them I had made this collection. You have five days to write twelve sestinas, four limericks, and a Bulgarian variant of the virelay. He had never dared to tell her his love, but he composed many songs, rounds, and virelays about the agonies of one who adores and is not loved in return. Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll Scrawled over on some boyish holiday With idle songs for pipe and virelay, Which do but mar the secret of the whole. The secular compositions include four Italian madrigals and nine ballate, two French virelays, and one Latin canon. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French virelai.
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