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Spenserian stanzas

Spenserian stanzas is the plural of Spenserian stanza.

Meaning of Spenserian stanza

Noun

Spenserian stanza (plural Spenserian stanzas)

  1. A strophe of eight decasyllabic lines and an alexandrine, having three rhymes: the first and third; the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh; and the sixth, eighth, and ninth (ABABBCBCC).

Questions about Spenserian stanzas

What is Spenserian stanzas the plural of?
Spenserian stanzas is the plural of Spenserian stanza.

Words near Spenserian stanzas in the dictionary

  1. Spenser
  2. Spenserian
  3. Spenserian sonnet
  4. Spenserian sonnets
  5. Spenserian stanza
  6. Spenserian stanzas
  7. Spenseriana
  8. Spenserianism
  9. Spenserians
  10. Spenserism
  11. Spenserisms

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