Spenserian stanza

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Spenserian stanza/spɛnˈsɪərɪən/

▶noun the stanza used by Spenser in The Faerie Queene, consisting of eight iambic pentameters and an alexandrine, with the rhyming scheme ababbcbcc.

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