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The Retourne is a French form consisting of four quatrains (four-line stanzas) with a falling refrain. Each line has eight syllables, and there is no rhyming requirement. The second line of the first stanza is repeated as the first line of the second stanza, the third line of the first stanza is repeated as the first line of the third stanza, and the fourth line of the first stanza is repeated as the first line of the fourth stanza, as demonstrated in the following link: http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?/topic/1956-retourne/

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Dave
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