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 isnt 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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