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elegiac stanza

noun

a four-line iambic pentameter stanza rhyming alternately.

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Nearby words

elegancy, elegant, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit, elegize, elegy, elegy written in a country churchyard
Also called heroic stanza.
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British Dictionary definitions for elegiac stanza

elegiac stanza

noun

prosody a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
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