A REFRAIN is a word, a phrase, a line, or a group of lines repeated at intervals in a poem.
The REFRAIN in the poem below by David Justice is highlighted.
EXAMPLE
This one was put in a jacket,
This one was sent home,
This one was given bread and meatBut would eat none,
And this one cried No No No No
All day long.
This one looked at the window
as though it were a wall
This one saw things that were not there,
This one things that were,
And this one cried No No No No
All day long.
This one thought himself a bird,
This one a dog,
And this one thought himself a man,
An ordinary man,
And cried and cried No No No No
All day long.
