noun
Usage: usually capitalized M&T
Etymology: from the Monk's Tale in The Canterbury Tales (1386-1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer died 1400 English poet, where such stanzas are used
: a stanza of eight five-stress lines with the rhyme scheme ababbcbc
noun
Usage: usually capitalized M&T
Etymology: from the Monk's Tale in The Canterbury Tales (1386-1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer died 1400 English poet, where such stanzas are used
: a stanza of eight five-stress lines with the rhyme scheme ababbcbc
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012