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The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form invented by Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590–96). Each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. The rhyme scheme of these lines is ABABBCBCC. [1] [2]
The last stanza is an envoy(a short formal stanza which is appended to a poem by way of conclusion) with 7 lines. There are 433 lines in total. In the 15th stanza, Spenser changes the structure. [4] Throughout the poem, the stanzas are structured with 18 or 19 lines. In the 15th, there is a line missing.
The Spenserian sonnet is a sonnet form named for the poet Edmund Spenser. [1] A Spenserian sonnet consists of fourteen lines, which are broken into four stanzas: three interlocked quatrains and a final couplet, with the rhyme scheme ABAB BCBC CDCD EE. [2] It uses iambic pentameter. [3]
the adjective of Spenser, in particular Edmund Spenser (1552/3–99), English poet, in particular Spenserian stanza, used in The Faerie Queen; nine lines with rhyme scheme ABABBCBCC; Spenserian sonnet, with rhyme scheme ABAB BCBC CDCD EE
Edmund Spenser (/ ˈ s p ɛ n s ər /; born 1552 or 1553; died 13 January O.S. 1599) [2] [3] was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.
This work, with the preceding one, is a rewriting of Spenser's first published work, on the theme of Roman liberty and its end. [14] It is not completely clear that authorship lies with Spenser The origins of this poem lay in a version via Clément Marot's French of Standomi un giorno solo a la fenestra, which is canzone 323 by Petrarch.
[4] Gluttony – Gluttony is described by Spenser as a "deformed creature" and "more like a monster, than a man". [4] He enters the parade riding a dirty pig, bearing a large stomach and a thin neck. In the poem, Gluttony eats excessively as others starve; this is when gluttony is considered a sin. Lechery – The sin of lust.
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