English Explanatory Dictionary

Monk's Tale stanza

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC.

Word forms

Monk's Tale stanza Monk's Tale stanzas

Etymology

As used in The Monk's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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