1. ‘By definition, it is a poem with an unlimited number of octosyllabic verses and Assonant rhyme in even-numbered verses.’.

2. ‘By definition, it is a poem with an unlimited number of octosyllabic verses and Assonant rhyme in even-numbered verses.’ More example sentences ‘The beauty of this one is that it s a little rhyming verse or at least nicely Assonant.’

3. These first-person narrative poems (all but one are written in octosyllabic rhymed couplets, like the romance, or "roman" of the same period) follow many of the conventions of the Roman de la rose, including the use of allegorical dreams (songes), allegorical characters, and the situation of the narrator-lover attempting to return toward or satisfy his lady.