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Spenserian sonnet

noun

  1. a sonnet employing the rhyme scheme abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.


Spenserian sonnet

noun

  1. prosody a sonnet form used by the poet Spenser having the rhyme scheme a b a b b c b c c d c d e e
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The Spenserian sonnet, however, has found no favor with later poets.

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