ottava rima

ottava ri·ma

O0149400 (rē′mə)n. A stanza of verse consisting of eight lines in iambic pentameter rhyming abababcc.

[Italian : ottava, feminine of ottavo, eighth + rima, rhyme.]

ottava rima

(ˈriːmə) n (Poetry) prosody a stanza form consisting of eight iambic pentameter lines, rhyming a b a b a b c c[Italian: eighth rhyme]

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pl. ottava ri•mas. an Italian stanza of eight lines, each of eleven syllables, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet with a different rhyme. [1810–20; < Italian: octave rhyme]

ottava rima

An eight-line stanza form in iambic pentameter, the rhyme pattern abababcc.

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ottava rima - a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababccstanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

ottava rima

(ōtä`və rē`mə): see pentameterpentameter
[Gr.,=measure of five], in prosody, a line to be scanned in five feet (see versification). The third line of Thomas Nashe's "Spring" is in pentameter: "Cold doth / not sting, / the pret / ty birds / do sing.
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Ottava Rima

in versification, an eight-lined hendecasyllabic stanza, rhyming abababcc.

The ottava rima developed in Italian poetry in the 14th century and became the traditional stanza of Italian and Spanish Renaissance epic verse, for example Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered, and Camões’ Os Lusíadas. In other literatures, the ottava rima was for a long time used only for translations and imitations. In the 19th century Byron used it for his lyrical satires Beppo and Don Juan. In his narrative poem The Little House in Kolomna, A. S. Pushkin followed Byron’s example. Pushkin’s poem, in turn, became the model for A. K. Tolstoy’s The Dream of Popov and A. A. Fet’s The Two Lindens.

In Russian versification, the ottava rima is written in five- and six-foot iambics, generally with alternating masculine and feminine rhymes (the rule of alternation).

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noun a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc

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