For Refrain we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Classical Music, Medieval Music and Poetry.

Refrain (Classical Music)

A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.

Refrain (Medieval Music)

a unit of text and music which repeats, commonly at the end of each stanza.

Refrain (Poetry)

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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