ottava
Americanadverb
noun
Etymology
Origin of ottava
1810–20; < Italian: octave
Example Sentences
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Although an occasional narrative experiment might disrupt the format, what makes “Law & Order” special is precisely the fact that it has one, like a sonnet, a sestina, or an ottava rima.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
He bows gracefully to ottava rima, the sonnet and ballad.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Italy have come, besides the ottava rima and the sonnet, two other metrical forms, the sestina and the terza rima.
From The Principles of English Versification by Paull Franklin Baum
Professor Corson says: "The Elegy having come to an end, the ottava rima is employed, with an admirable artistic effect, to mark off the Epilogue in which Milton ... speaks in his own person."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
He and his like are the heroes of much popular verse, written in ottava rima, and beginning with the traditional epic invocation to the muse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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