Lenvoy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lenvoy is a noun meaning (poetry) An envoi.
Meaning
(poetry) An envoi.
Example Sentences
Ladies! Lenvoy to you that have this prize; I reed ye hold your owne, if you be wise.
The First parte of the Mirour on its first appearance, in 1574, included sixteen tragedies and ended with the tragedy of Nennius, after which a conclusion was made in a lenvoy of five stanzas.
For at the end of Bk. II. there is a lenvoy, commencing "Rome, remember of thy foundation"; it is one of the best of Lydgate's remarkable lenvoys, rendered pompous and sonorous by the monotony of its rhyme-system, for it has only three rhymes in its 126 lines (133 in Tottel's)!
Word Forms
- lenvoys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include envoy, l'envoi, envoi, renvoy, voyage, void.
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