ottava rima
/ɒˌtɑːvə ˈriːmə
/noun [mass noun]
A form of poetry consisting of stanzas of eight lines of ten or eleven syllables, rhyming abababcc: I wrote the answer in ottava rima...
- In the fifth assignment we finally stared metre directly in the face: the assignment was to write a sonnet, terza rima or ottava rima, in iambic pentameter.
- Shelley composed this playful work of 78 stanzas in ottava rima within the space of three days.
- The portrait also contains sheets of simulated verse to emphasize that he specialized in terza rima and ottava rima.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Italian, literally 'eighth rhyme'.
Rhymes
- pachometer
- Pachuca
- Pachuca de Soto
- pachuco
- action song
- action spectrum
- action sport
- actions speak louder than words
- action stations
- action time
- action verb
- action word
- actious
- Actium, Battle of
- activable
- activase
- activate
- activated carbon
- activated charcoal
- activated sludge
- activation
- activation analysis
- activation energy
- activator
- active