() A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet. It was used by Byron in "Don Juan," by Keats in "Isabella," by Shelley in "The Witch of Atlas," etc.
OTTAVA RIMA
Meaning of OTTAVA RIMA in English
Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012