Monk's Tale stanza

English

Etymology

As used in The Monk's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

Noun

Monk's Tale stanza (plural Monk's Tale stanzas)

  1. (poetry) An eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC.
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