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Rhyme Royal

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Noun

1. rhyme royal

a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer

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Rhyme Royal

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noun
prosody
a stanzaic form introduced into English verse by Chaucer, consisting of seven lines of iambic pentameter rhyming a b a b b c c

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Rhyme Royal

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a stanza of seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc, first used in English by Chaucer

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Rhyme Royal

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n.
1. A form of verse having stanzas with seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc.
2. One of these stanzas.

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