SPENSERIAN STANZA


Meaning of SPENSERIAN STANZA in English

Pronunciation: spen- ' sir- ē - ə n-

Function: noun

Etymology: Edmund Spenser

Date: 1817

: a stanza consisting of eight verses of iambic pentameter and an alexandrine with a rhyme scheme ababbcbcc

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