terza rima

[ tert-suh-ree-muh; Italian ter-tsah ree-mah ]

nounProsody.
  1. an Italian form of iambic verse consisting of eleven-syllable lines arranged in tercets, the middle line of each tercet rhyming with the first and last lines of the following tercet.

Origin of terza rima

1
1810–20; <Italian: third rhyme

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terza rima

/ (ˈtɛətsə ˈriːmə) /


nounplural terze rime (ˈtɛətseɪ ˈriːmeɪ)
  1. a verse form of Italian origin consisting of a series of tercets in which the middle line of one tercet rhymes with the first and third lines of the next

Origin of terza rima

1
C19: from Italian, literally: third rhyme

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