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Spenserian sonnet
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English
Etymology
en Edmund Spenser = poet English 1552/1553 1599 and associated with his authorship.
Noun
en poetry A sonnet comprising three quatrains with the latter rhyme part being carried over from one quatrain to the next, and a concluding couplet, therefore comprising a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.
en Scottish sonnet
Coordinate terms
en terza rima
Related terms
en Petrarchan sonnet
en Shakespearean sonnet
en Spenserian stanza