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Definition of Ottava rima
1. Noun. A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ottava Rima
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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