rhyme royal

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of English verse consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of ababbcc, first represented in English in works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400). uncountable
    — Perhaps the most engaging of the Rowley poems are "An Excelente Balade of Charitie," written in the rhyme royal; and "The Bristowe Tragedie," in the common ballad stanza.
  2. A single stanza of this form. countable
    — Chaucer for years before the Prologue to LGW had been writing heroic couplets at the close of each of his rhymes royal.

词形变化

rhymes royal plural rime royal alternative

词源

This term was reportedly first used in the mid-1800s.
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