-
addressed to a prince. The
rhyme scheme is
therefore usually ababbcbC ababbcbC ababbcbC bcbC,
where the
capital "C" is a refrain. The many
different rhyming...
- Subject(s)
Lives of
illustrious women Form
Ballade Meter iambic tetrameter Rhyme scheme ababbcbC ababbcbC ababbcbC bcbC
Media type M****cript
Lines 28...
-
specific rhyme schemes:
Ballad stanza: ABCB Ballade:
Three stanzas of
ABABBCBC followed by BCBC
Balliol rhyme: AABB Boy
Named Sue: AABCC(B, or infrequently...
- influence, however, is the eight-line
ballad stanza with the
rhyme scheme ABABBCBC,
which Chaucer used in his Monk's Tale.
Spenser would have been familiar...
- the
alternating octaves delineate their arguments. The
rhyme scheme is
ABABBCBC of
crossed rhymes (rimes croisées). The body of La
Belle Dame sans Mercy...
- most
complex of all the pilgrims', an eight-line
stanza with
rhyme scheme ABABBCBC. Usually, a strong,
syntactical link
exists between the
fourth and fifth...
-
regular rhythm,
almost always with four stresses" and the
rhyme scheme ABABBCBC whereas "Lucifer
prefers a
tripping measure with two to five
stress and...
- Plowman, it is 1380
lines long,
composed of eight-line
stanzas (rhyme
scheme ABABBCBC with some
variations suggesting interpolation) like Chaucer's "Monk's Tale"...
- 14th- and 15th-century
French poetic forms: Ballade:
three 8-line
stanzas (
ababbcbC) and a 4-line
envoi (bcbC). The last line of the
first stanza is repeated...
-
named dispatch ;
three rhymes in A, B and C ; the
rhymes are
arranged in
ABABBCBC in the
eights and in BCBC in the dispatch. Here is the text, its transcription...
