1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TERZA RIMA, or " third rhyme," a form of verse adapted from the Italian poets of the i3th century. Its origin has been attributed by some to the three-lined ritournel, which was an early Italian form of popular poetry, and by others to the sirventes of the Provencal troubadours. The serventcse incatenato of the latter was an arrangement of triple rhymes, and unquestionably appears to have a relation with terza rlma; this connexion becomes almost a certainty when we consider the admiration expressed by the Tuscan po…
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