Definition of Ottava rima

1. Noun. A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc.

Generic synonyms: Stanza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ottava Rima

otoscopes
otoscopic
otoscopies
otoscopy
otosteal
otosteals
ototoxic
ototoxicities
ototoxicity
ototoxin
ototoxins
otozoum
ottar
ottars
ottava
ottava rima (current term)
ottavas
ottavino
ottavinos
ottawas
ottemannite
otter
otter civet
otter hound
otter shrew
ottered
otterhound
ottering
otterless
otterlike

Literary usage of Ottava rima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... established ottava rima (previously only used in popular verse) as the normal measure for Italian narrative poetry. In his "Ameto" he introduced the ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"The ottava rima, which had become the recognised medium for the romance of chivalry, was just the vehicle suited to an intellect like his: humorous, ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The ottava rima, which had become the recognised medium for the romance of chivalry, was just the vehicle suited to an intellect like his : humorous, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Two centuries later a very successful attempt was made to introduce in English poetry the flexibility and gaiety of ottava rima by John Hookham Frere, ..."

5. A Primer of English Verse: Chiefly in Its æsthetic and Organic Character by Hiram Corson (1892)
"When he says ' it is almost the same with what the Italians call the ottava rima,' he means, as he himself shows, that it differs from it only in having the ..."

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