terza rima in English
noun
1
an arrangement of triplets, especially in iambs, that rhyme aba bcb cdc , etc., as in Dante's Divine Comedy.
In the fifth assignment we finally stared metre directly in the face: the assignment was to write a sonnet, terza rima or ottava rima, in iambic pentametre.
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1. Additionally, the verse scheme used, terza rima, is hendecasyllabic (lines of eleven syllables), with the lines composing tercets according to the rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ....
2. Anterooms contains some clever fun for children (and adults) -- "Some Words Inside of Words" -- as well as some quietly serious cogitations on the grimmer aspects of life such as war and the cessation of that life -- "Terza Rima." Wilbur's precision and his agile mind envelop every offering in this book.