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.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic form
→
stanza form → |
| associatedWithLiteraryPeriod |
English Renaissance
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| createdBy |
Edmund Spenser
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| firstMajorUse |
The Faerie Queene
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|
| 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
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| hasNumberOfLines |
9
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| hasRhymeScheme |
ababbcbcc
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| hasTypicalUse |
long narrative poems
→
romantic and reflective verse → |
| influencedBy |
Italian stanza forms
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| languageOfOrigin |
English
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| namedAfter |
Edmund Spenser
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|
| periodOfOrigin |
late 16th century
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| usedByMovement |
Romantic poets
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| usedByPoet |
John Keats
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Lord Byron → Percy Bysshe Shelley → |
| usedInLanguage |
English poetry
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|
| usedInWork |
Adonais
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage → The Eve of St. Agnes → The Faerie Queene → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
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form |