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单词 rhyme royal
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rhyme royaln.

Brit. /rʌɪm ˈrɔɪəl/, U.S. /ˌraɪm ˈrɔɪ(ə)l/
Forms: see rhyme n. and royal adj. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rhyme n., royal adj.
Etymology: < rhyme n. + royal adj., apparently as alteration of rhythm royal n.
A form of verse consisting of stanzas of seven lines of iambic pentameters, rhyming ababbcc. Cf. ballade n. 2.In quot. 1827 the author is quoting Gascoigne (see quot. 1575).
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ballade royala1450
metre royal1548
rhythm royal1575
rhyme royal1827
1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. U.jv In Rithme Royall, it is at the wryters discretion.]
1827 W. Crowe Treat. Eng. Versification xi. 184 In rhyme royal it [sc. the placing of the pause] is at the writer's discretion.
1839 T. C. Croker Pop. Songs Ireland 311 ‘Ballad royal’, or rhyme royal, was the name given to the measure in which the ballads or songs about Waterford are written; and it will be seen that they are in strict accordance with the rules laid down by George Gascoigne.
1871 W. W. Skeat Specimens Eng. Lit. (1887) III. 41 ‘The Kingis Quair’ is written in seven-lined stanzas, a favourite measure of Chaucer and his successors, which received the name of the ‘rime roial’.
1903 H. Bradley in Pol., Rel., & Love Poems 291 Each of the seven stanzas (in ‘rime royal’).
1981 G. S. Fraser Short Hist. Eng. Poetry iii. 38 Chaucer uses rhyme royal when he wants a pathetic or lofty effect.
1993 Rev. Eng. Stud. Nov. 564 Chaucer associated rhyme royal specifically with prayer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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