ottava rima

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc).

/ɒˌtɑːvə ˈɹiːmə/ /oʊˌtɑvə ˈɹimə/

ottava rima ottave rime

Borrowed from Italian ottava rima (literally “eighth rhyme”).

ottava

terza rima

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