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Complete Definition of "spenserian sonnet"

English

Etymology
Named after w:Edmund Spenser|Edmund Spenser and associated with his authorship.

Noun
Spenserian sonnet

  1. A sonnet comprising of three quatrains with the latter rhyme part being carried over from one quatrain to the next, and a concluding couplet; therefore, comprising of a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee. The second type of sonnet.

See also
Petrarchan sonnet
Shakespearean sonnet
Spenserian stanza

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