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Spenserian

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Spen·ser  (spnsr), Edmund 1552?-1599.
English poet known chiefly for his allegorical epic romance The Faerie Queene (1590-1596). His other works include the pastoral Shepeardes Calendar (1579) and the lyrical marriage poem Epithalamion (1595).

Spen·seri·an (spn-sîr-n) adj.

Spenserian [spɛnˈsɪərɪən]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) relating to, in the style of, or characteristic of Edmund Spenser, the English poet (??1552-99), or his poetry
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a student or imitator of Edmund Spenser


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I wrote, I wrote everything--ponderous essays, scientific and sociological short stories, humorous verse, verse of all sorts from triolets and sonnets to blank verse tragedy and elephantine epics in Spenserian stanzas.
Spenser invented for himself a new stanza of nine lines and made it famous, so that we call it after him, the Spenserian Stanza.
 
 
 
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