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terza rima in American English
a verse form of Italian origin, made up of tercets, the second line of each tercet rhyming with the first and third lines of the next one ( aba, bcb, cdc, etc.)
noun: an Italian form of iambic verse consisting of eleven-syllable lines arranged in tercets, the middle line of each tercet rhyming with the first and last lines of the following tercet

terza rima in British English
noun: a verse form of Italian origin consisting of a series of tercets in which the middle line of one tercet rhymes with the first and third lines of the next

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