“rima”

The following 2 entries include the term rima.

ottava rima

noun

: a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with a rhyme scheme of abababcc

terza rima

noun

: a verse form consisting of tercets usually in iambic pentameter in English poetry with an interlaced rhyme scheme (such as aba, bcb, cdc)


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