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Spenserian stanza

Spen·se·ri·an stan·za (plural Spen·se·ri·an stan·zas)


noun 
Definition:
 
nine-line verse: a stanza devised by Edmund Spenser that contains eight lines of iambic pentameter and a ninth of iambic hexameter, using the rhyming scheme ababbcbcc. The scheme is used in The Faerie Queene.

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