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Ottava rima
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What's The Definition Of Ottava rima?
[n] a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ottava rima: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ottava rima: See Also | stanza Ottava rima In Webster's Dictionary \Ot*ta"va ri"ma\ [It. See {Octave}, and {Rhyme}.]
(Pros.)
A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes,
the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two
forming a couplet. It was used by Byron in ``Don Juan,'' by
Keats in ``Isabella,'' by Shelley in ``The Witch of Atlas,''
etc.
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