A refrain (from the Old French ''refraindre'' "to repeat," likely from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'') is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song. Poetry fixed forms that feature refrains include the ''villanelle'', the ''virelay'', and the ''sestina''. However, the use of refrains is particularly associated with popular music, especially rock and roll, where the verse-chorus-verse song structure typically places a refrain in almost every song. See: strophic form. In music, a refrain has two parts: the lyrics of the song, and the melody. Sometimes refrains vary their words slightly when repeated; recognisability is given to the refrain by the fact that it is always sung to the same tune, and the rhymes, if present, are preserved despite the variations of the words. Such a refrain is featured in "The Star-Spangled Banner," which contains a refrain which is introduced by a different phrase in each verse, but which always ends: : . . . ''does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave'' :''O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?'' A similar refrain is found in the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," which affirms in successive verses that "Our God," or "His Truth." is "marching on." Refrains usually, but do not always, come at the end of the verse. Some songs, especially ballads, incorporate refrains into each verse. For example, one version of the traditional ballad ''The Cruel Sister'' includes a refrain mid-verse: :There lived a lady by the North Sea shore, ::''Lay the bent to the bonny broom'' :Two daughters were the babes she bore. ::''Fa la la &c.'' :As one grew bright as is the sun, ::''Lay the bent to the bonny broom'' :So coal black grew the other one. ::''Fa la la &c.'' :. . . Here, the refrain is syntax independent of the narrative poem in the song, and has no obvious relationship to its subject, and indeed little inherent meaning at all. The device can also convey material which relates to the subject of the poem. Such a refrain is found in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's ''Troy Town'': :Heavenborn Helen, Sparta's queen, ::''O Troy Town!'' :Had two breasts of heavenly sheen, :The sun and moon of the heart's desire: :All Love's lordship lay between, ::''O Troy's down,'' ::''Tall Troy's on fire!'' :. . . Phrases of apparent nonsense in refrains (''Lay the bent to the bonny broom?''), and solfege syllables such as ''fa la la'', familiar from the Christmas carol ''Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly'', have given rise to much speculation. Some believe that the traditional refrain ''Hob a derry down O'' encountered in some England folksongs is in fact an ancient Celtic languages phrase meaning "dance around the oak tree." These suggestions remain controversial. == External links and references == *[http://ula-kapala.art.pl/spiewnik/songs/pl/cruel_sister.html Complete lyrics to ''Cruel Sister''] *[http://www.iath.virginia.edu/rossetti/poems/1-1870ed1doc.html Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, inc. ''Troy Town''] Formal sections
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A refrain (from the Old French ''refraindre'' "to repeat," likely from Vulgar Latin ''refringere'') is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song. Poetry fixed forms that feature refrains include the ''villanelle'', the ''virelay'', and the ''sestina''. However, the use of refrains is particularly associated with popular music, especially rock and roll, where the verse-chorus-verse song structure typically places a refrain in almost every song. See: strophic form. In music, a refrain has two parts: the lyrics of the song, and the melody. Sometimes refrains vary their words slightly when repeated; recognisability is given to the refrain by the fact that it is always sung to the same tune, and the rhymes, if present, are preserved despite the variations of the words. Such a refrain is featured in "The Star-Spangled Banner," which contains a refrain which is introduced by a different phrase in each verse, but which always ends: : . . . ''does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave'' :''O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?'' A similar refrain is found in the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," which affirms in successive verses that "Our God," or "His Truth." is "marching on." Refrains usually, but do not always, come at the end of the verse. Some songs, especially ballads, incorporate refrains into each verse. For example, one version of the traditional ballad ''The Cruel Sister'' includes a refrain mid-verse: :There lived a lady by the North Sea shore, ::''Lay the bent to the bonny broom'' :Two daughters were the babes she bore. ::''Fa la la &c.'' :As one grew bright as is the sun, ::''Lay the bent to the bonny broom'' :So coal black grew the other one. ::''Fa la la &c.'' :. . . Here, the refrain is syntax independent of the narrative poem in the song, and has no obvious relationship to its subject, and indeed little inherent meaning at all. The device can also convey material which relates to the subject of the poem. Such a refrain is found in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's ''Troy Town'': :Heavenborn Helen, Sparta's queen, ::''O Troy Town!'' :Had two breasts of heavenly sheen, :The sun and moon of the heart's desire: :All Love's lordship lay between, ::''O Troy's down,'' ::''Tall Troy's on fire!'' :. . . Phrases of apparent nonsense in refrains (''Lay the bent to the bonny broom?''), and solfege syllables such as ''fa la la'', familiar from the Christmas carol ''Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly'', have given rise to much speculation. Some believe that the traditional refrain ''Hob a derry down O'' encountered in some England folksongs is in fact an ancient Celtic languages phrase meaning "dance around the oak tree." These suggestions remain controversial. == External links and references == *[http://ula-kapala.art.pl/spiewnik/songs/pl/cruel_sister.html Complete lyrics to ''Cruel Sister''] *[http://www.iath.virginia.edu/rossetti/poems/1-1870ed1doc.html Poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, inc. ''Troy Town''] Formal sections
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