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Terza rima

noun
1.
A verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc..





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... the technical name for a copy of verses in 'terza rima' on a chosen theme. Poems of this kind, mostly burlesque or satirical, were very popular in Cellini's age. They used to be written on trifling or obscene subjects in a mock-heroic style. Berni stamped the character of high art upon the species, which had long been in use among the unlettered ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini


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