rima
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Clive James’s deft translation, published in 2013, restructures the work’s original terza rima into quatrains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Although an occasional narrative experiment might disrupt the format, what makes “Law & Order” special is precisely the fact that it has one, like a sonnet, a sestina, or an ottava rima.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Kendrick Lamar might be influenced by Dante’s terza rima verse form!
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
It’s written in rhymed triplets, a version of a form employed by the poets Chaucer and Dante called a terza rima.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2020
The First Four Books of the Civil Wars, an historical poem in ottava rima, appeared in 1595.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
