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stanza vs Spenserian stanza

Spenserian stanza vs stanza

stanza and Spenserian stanza both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stanza Yes No No No
Spenserian stanza Yes No No No
As nouns, Spenserian stanza is a hyponym of stanza; that is, Spenserian stanza is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stanza:
  • stanza: a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  • Spenserian stanza: a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c
Other hyponyms of stanza include couplet, octave, sestet, envoi, envoy, quatrain, strophe, antistrophe, rhyme royal, ottava rima.
stanza (noun) Spenserian stanza (noun)
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem a stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with the rhyme pattern abab bcbc c
Difference between stanza and Spenserian stanza

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