Spenserian stanza
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A Spenserian stanza is a nine-line poetic form with a specific rhyme scheme and meter, famously used by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queene" and later adopted by Romantic poets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spenserian stanza canonical | 5 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic form
ⓘ
stanza form ⓘ |
| associatedWithLiteraryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| createdBy | Edmund Spenser ⓘ |
| firstMajorUse | The Faerie Queene ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
final alexandrine line provides conclusion or emphasis
ⓘ
interlocking rhyme ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
epic poetry
ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasLineCountPattern | eight pentameter lines plus one hexameter line ⓘ |
| hasMeterPattern |
first eight lines in iambic pentameter
ⓘ
ninth line in iambic hexameter ⓘ |
| hasNinthLineName | alexandrine ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLines | 9 ⓘ |
| hasRhymeScheme | ababbcbcc ⓘ |
| hasTypicalUse |
long narrative poems
ⓘ
romantic and reflective verse ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian stanza forms ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edmund Spenser ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | late 16th century ⓘ |
| usedByMovement | Romantic poets ⓘ |
| usedByPoet |
John Keats
ⓘ
Lord Byron ⓘ Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English poetry ⓘ |
| usedInWork |
Adonais
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ The Eve of St. Agnes ⓘ The Faerie Queene ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.