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SPENSERIAN STANZA

\spɛnsˈi͡əɹɪən stˈanzə], \spɛnsˈi‍əɹɪən stˈanzə], \s_p_ɛ_n_s_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_n s_t_ˈa_n_z_ə]\

Definitions of SPENSERIAN STANZA

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2011 - English Dictionary Database

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a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c; "the spenserian stanza was introduced by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c; "the spenserian stanza was introduced by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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