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monk's tale stanza

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables
monk's -tale s-tan-za
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC.

Etymology

As used in The Monk's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Inflected Forms

Monk's Tale stanzas (plural)

Questions

What does monk's tale stanza mean?
An eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC.
Where does monk's tale stanza come from?
As used in The Monk's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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