Spenserian Stanza
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement,
Stanzaic | | |
| Description: | | A nine line form that is rhymed ababbcbcc. It has eight
lines of iambic pentameter and one of iambic hexameter.
According to one soi-disant authority, there really isn’t a set rhyme scheme. | | |
| Attributed to: | | Edmund Spenser | | |
| Origin: | | English | | |
| Schematic: | | Rhyme: ababbcbcc
Meter:
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX xX xX | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 9 | | |
| See Also: | | Alexandrine, Iambic Pentameter, Spenserian Quintilla, Spenserian
Sonnet | | |
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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