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Spenserian sonnet

American  

noun

  1. a sonnet employing the rhyme scheme abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.

Spenserian sonnet British  

noun

  1. prosody a sonnet form used by the poet Spenser having the rhyme scheme a b a b b c b c c d c d e e

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The Spenserian sonnet, however, has found no favor with later poets.

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