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ottava rima (ōtä`və rē`mə): see pentameter pentameter (pĕntăm`ətər) [Gr.,=measure of five], in prosody, a line to be scanned in five feet (see versification ). ..... Click the link for more information. . ottava rimaItalian stanza form composed of eight 11-syllable lines, rhyming abababcc. It originated in the late 13th and early 14th centuries and was established by Giovanni Boccaccio as the standard form for Italian epic and narrative verse. When the form appeared in English, the lines were shortened to 10 syllables. In the 17th–18th century, English ottava rima was written in iambic pentameter and used for heroic poetry. Notably effective in Lord Byron's Beppo (1818) and Don Juan (1819–24), it was also used by Edmund Spenser, John Milton, John Keats, Percy B. Shelley, Robert Browning, and William Butler Yeats. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| After a discussion of the gradual emergence of the ottava rima as the exclusive form of the epic genre, Everson turns her attention to Pulci, Boiardo, and Cieco da Ferrara, who began their work when humanist culture had been the prevailing culture in Italy for more than fifty years. 3 I refer (with some exaggeration) to the analogies drawn by Praz, 87, among various circular forms, including the smile of the Mona Lisa, the cupola, the ottava rima with its concluding rhymed couplet, and the sonnet with its concluding tercets. |
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