terza rima

Definitions

An arrangement of triplets, generally in iambic pentameter in English, with rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“In attempting to make⟳ the ‘Divina Commedia’ better known to English readers, it might have⟳ been held only a fitting mark⟳ of deference to my original to reproduce⟳ it, if practicable, in the metre of the poet's own⟳ choice. But on the appearance of my ‘Inferno,’ its Terza Rima was denounced as the one ‘deleterious ingredient’ which corrupted the version throughout, […]”

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