FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
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12
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24
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8
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96). Each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single ‘alexandrine’ line in iambic hexameter.
Detailed explanation-2: –The Spenserian sonnet is a 14-line poem developed by Edmund Spenser in his Amoretti, that varies the English form by interlocking the three quatrains (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE).
Detailed explanation-3: -Spenserian stanza, verse form that consists of eight iambic pentameter lines followed by a ninth line of six iambic feet (an alexandrine); the rhyme scheme is ababbcbcc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Octave. A stanza with eight lines written in iambic pentameter, or ten syllable beats per line.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Dizain Stanza The dizain derives its name from French literature. Dix-pronounced “diz” means “ten” in French. Thus, the dizain stanza form has 10 lines. As other stanza forms, it can stand alone as a complete poem.