Spenserian stanzas

A form of Spenserian stanza — 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).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Spenserian stanza
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