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Refrain Defined
A stanza, line, part of a line, or phrase, generally pertinent to the central topic, which is repeated verbatim, usually at regular intervals throughout a poem, most often at the end of a stanza, as in Spenser's Prothalamion, or Villon's "Des Dames du Temps Jadis." Occasionally a single word is used as a refrain, as nevermore in Poe's "The Raven." Sometimes a refrain is written with progressive variations, in which case it may be termed incremental repetition.
(See also Burden, Repetend)
(Compare Anadiplosis, Anaphora, Echo, Epistrophe,
Epizeuxis, Parallelism, Polysyndeton, Stornello Verses)
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- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The song ends with a chorus repeatedly singing "Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-coo-sa&qu ot;. According to writer Mark Anthony Neal, "the lyrics were taken directly from the music of Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango who broke into the American market in 1973 with his classic Soul Makossa." ("Makossa " means "dance&qu ot; in Duala, a Cameroonian language, and is a style of dance music which originated in the west African country). Dibango sued Jackson for copyright infringement after Thriller was released; the case was settled out of court.
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- Dichos y Refranes Populares. Refranes espaņoles. Dichos Espaņoles. Refranes Argentinos. Refranes Antiguos.: Nice refrains in spanish. I love them when I write about creative process.
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