RHYME ROYAL


Meaning of RHYME ROYAL in English

Pros.

a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.

[ 1835-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .