SPENSERIAN METRE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Spenserian Metre (The). The metre in which Spenser's Faërie Queene is written. It is a stanza of nine iambic lines, all of ten syllables except the last, which is an Alexandrine. Only three different rhymes are admitted into a stanza, and these rhymes are thus disposed: Lines 1 and 3 rhyme; lines 2, 4, 5, 7 rhyme; lines 6, 8, 9 rhyme; thus:- 1 - - - - - Ride 2 - - - - - Low 3 - - - - - Side 4 - - - - - Throw 5 - - - - - Snow 6 - - - - - Bad 7 - - - - - Blow 8 - - - - - Lad 9 - - - - - Sad ((an alexandrine). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Anagrams: SPENSERIAN METRE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-e-i-m-n-n-p-r-r-s-s-t"
	-2 letters: passementerie.
	-3 letters: misrepresent.
	-4 letters: enterprises, intersperse, mesenteries, serpentines.
	-5 letters: easterners, enterprise, entireness, entrainers, epimerases, mannerists, nemerteans, nemertines, perennates, perimeters, permanents, pistareens, preeminent, presentees, presenters, presentism, represents, reserpines, serpentine, sparteines, spearmints, spermaries, spinnerets, transpires.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-e-i-m-n-n-p-r-r-s-s-t"
	+4 letters: entrepreneurialisms.
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