spenserian sonnet

/S P EH1 N S ER0 IY1 AH0 N S AA0 N IH0 T/
noun
  1. 1

    (poetry) A sonnet comprising three quatrains with the latter rhyme part being carried over from one quatrain to the next, and a concluding couplet, therefore comprising a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.

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