rhyme royal

nounProsody.

a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.

Origin of rhyme royal

First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby rhyme royal

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How to use rhyme royal in a sentence

For, first, it stimulated curiosity regarding the use by this poet of the Chaucerian rhyme-royal in three of these long poems.
Studies of Contemporary Poets | Mary C. Sturgeon
At a later period this was frequently called "rhyme royal," because the 'Kingis Quair' was written in it.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 9 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for rhyme royal

rhyme royal

noun

prosody a stanzaic form introduced into English verse by Chaucer, consisting of seven lines of iambic pentameter rhyming a b a b b c c

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