ottava ri·ma (r  m )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
(Literature / 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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| Noun | 1. | ottava rima - a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
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