Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spenserian stanza

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: spense-ri-an s-tan-za
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Etymology

Invented by English poet Edmund Spenser (1552/53–1599) for his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96).

Inflected Forms

Spenserian stanzas (plural)

Questions

What does spenserian stanza mean?: 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).
Where does spenserian stanza come from?: Invented by English poet Edmund Spenser (1552/53–1599) for his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96).

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