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Monk's Tale stanza

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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

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