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- noun A form of verse having stanzas with seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc.
- noun One of these stanzas.
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- noun a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer
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hernesheir commented on the word rhyme royal
A stanza scheme consisting seven 5-stress lines (iambic pentameter) rhyming ababbcc. Also called the Chaucerian stanza.
September 18, 2009