a stanza of eight lines with the rhyme scheme abababcc: the Italian form has eleven syllables in a line, the English, usually ten syllables in iambic-pentameter
Origin of ottava rima
It: see octave and rhymeottava rima
ottava ri·maWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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ottava rima
noun
A stanza of verse consisting of eight lines in iambic pentameter rhyming abababcc.
Origin of ottava rima
Italian ottava feminine of ottavo eighth rima rhymeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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