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  • noun A form of verse having stanzas with seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc.
  • noun One of these stanzas.

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  • noun a stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer

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  • A stanza scheme consisting seven 5-stress lines (iambic pentameter) rhyming ababbcc. Also called the Chaucerian stanza.

    September 18, 2009