SPENSERIAN STANZA


Meaning of SPENSERIAN STANZA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ spen-ˈsir-ē-ən- ]

noun

Etymology: Edmund Spenser

Date: 1817

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.