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Monk's Tale stanza

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Definition of Monk's Tale stanza

: a stanza of eight five-stress lines with the rhyme scheme ababbcbc

History and Etymology for Monk's Tale stanza

from the Monk's Tale in The Canterbury Tales (1386–1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer †1400 English poet, where such stanzas are used

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