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terza rima

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ter·za ri·ma  (trts rm)
n. pl. ter·ze ri·me (trts rm)
A verse form of Italian origin consisting of tercets of 10 or 11 syllables with the middle line rhyming with the first and third lines of the following tercet.
[Italian : terza, feminine of terzo, third + rima, rhyme.]
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Noun1.terza rima - a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.
poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines


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Naturally enough this was a long poem in the terza rima of the "Divina Commedia," and dealing with a story of our civil war in a fashion so remote that no editor would print it.
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