refrain poems, i need one Options

[The 1 and only J...]

ok well for english we are doing a huge poetry project and u need all these differnt types of poems and u need to say what they mean. and right now i have them all done but i don't have a refrain poem. i still do not get what a refrain poem is but hopefully u guys will know and will be able to help me with it.

thanks!

[Spirited Away]

A refrain poem should have repititions of one or more lines every other stanza... actually, repetition depends on the poem. Ballads usually have refrains.

In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", you should be able to find an incremental refrain. Anyway, here's a refrain. You should have an easier time finding them now that you know what to look for.

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind by Shakespeare
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh-ho! the holly!
This life is most jolly.

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
Thou dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remember'd not.
Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh-ho! the holly!
This life is most jolly.

[dispn0ygonekrazy]

yeah basically a refrain poem is when you use repetition =] i should know we've just done these last week