- couplets,
typical stanzas using octosyllables are: décima, some quatrains, redondilla. In
Spanish verse, an
octosyllable is a line that has its seventh...
-
survives in
eight m****cripts and two fragments. It
comprises 6,808
octosyllables in
rhymed couplets. Two m****cripts are illustrated,
Paris BnF MS fr...
- born in
France and
wrote in England.
Marie de France's lais, told in
octosyllables or eight-syllable verse, are
notable for
their celebration of love,...
- meditation"), is an Anglo-Norman poem of 29,945
lines written in
iambic octosyllables by John
Gower (c. 1330 –
October 1408). Gower's
major theme is man's...
- in
seven m****cripts and
various fragments. The poem
comprises 6,878
octosyllables in
rhymed couplets. A
prose version was made in the 15th century. The...
- by Aldhelm. It is the
earliest example of the
verse form
continuous octosyllables, of
which he may have been the inventor, and the
earliest surviving...
- and
verses of the
Baker Woman. The
romanceros have no set
number of
octosyllables, but
these poems are only
parallel in this form.
Romancero Viejo consists...
-
Language Old
French Date
between 1182 and 1190
Genre Chivalric romance Verse form
Octosyllable rhyming couplets Length 9,000
lines Subject Arthurian legend...
-
section in
alexandrines known as Part II an 11,440-line
section in
octosyllables known as Part III A 750-line
section known as Le
Romaunz de Rou et des...
-
French romance (roman) was, however, most
often written in 8
syllable (or
octosyllable) verse.) Use of the 10
syllable line in
French poetry was
eclipsed by...
