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The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem ''The Faerie Queene'' (1590–96). Each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. The rhyme scheme of these lines is "ababbcbcc." ==Example stanza== This example is the first stanza from Spenser's ''Faerie Queene''. The formatting, wherein all lines but the first and last are indented, is the same as in contemporary printed editions. :Lo I the man, whose Muse whilome did maske, : As time her taught, in lowly Shepheards weeds, : Am now enforst a far unfitter taske, : For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds, : And sing of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds; : Whose prayses having slept in silence long, : Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areeds : To blazon broad emongst her learned throng: :Fierce warres and faithfull loues shall moralize my song. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spenserian stanza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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