Meaning Of The Word Ottava rima
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Ottava rima Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Ottava rima?
ottava rima in American English
a stanza of eight lines with the rhyme scheme abababcc: the Italian form has eleven syllables in a line, the English, usually ten iambic-pentameter syllables noun: an Italian stanza of eight lines, each of eleven syllables (or, in the English adaptation, of ten or eleven syllables), the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet with a different rhyme: used in Keats' Isabella and Byron's ottava rima in British English noun: a stanza form consisting of eight iambic pentameter lines, rhyming a b a b a b c c |
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