terza rima
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terza rima
- /ˌtɛːtsə ˈɹiːmə/ UK
- /ˌtɝtsə ˈɹimə/ US
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Borrowed from Italian terza rima (literally “third rhyme”).
noun terze rime
- An arrangement of triplets, generally in iambic pentameter in English, with rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc. In attempting to make the ‘Divina Commedia’ better known to English readers, it might have been held only a fitting mark of deference to my original to reproduce it, if practicable, in the metre of the poet's own choice. But on the appearance of my ‘Inferno,’ its Terza Rima was denounced as the one
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noun arrangement of triplets rhyming aba bcb cdc
| Español | terceto encadenado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | テルツァ・リーマ terutsa rīma |
| Français | terza rima |
| Deutsch | Terzine |
| Italiano | terza rima |
| Русский | терци́на tercína |
| עברית | טֶרצִינַה tertzínah |
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