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Ottava rima Moderate

Ottava rima has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc

2

An arrangement of stanzas of eight lines in heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet (ab ab ab cc).

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
stanza
Rhyming Words
ima nima zima tima sima rima pima mima lima kima jima hima bima dima naima bhima chima anima shima alima
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