Spenserian stanza
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A Spenserian stanza is a nine-line poetic form with a specific rhyme scheme and meter, famously used by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queene" and later adopted by Romantic poets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spenserian stanza canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T836583 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spenserian stanza Context triple: [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, form, Spenserian stanza]
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The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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B.
Kubla Khan
"Kubla Khan" is a famous unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, celebrated for its vivid, dreamlike imagery and exploration of the creative imagination.
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C.
Anacreontic poets
Anacreontic poets were writers, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, who composed light, lyrical verse celebrating love, wine, and conviviality in imitation of the ancient Greek poet Anacreon.
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D.
Alliterative Revival
The Alliterative Revival was a 14th-century resurgence of alliterative verse in Middle English poetry, particularly in the Midlands and North, that produced major works like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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E.
The Seafarer
The Seafarer is an Old English elegiac poem that reflects on the hardships of life at sea and the spiritual journey of the speaker.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spenserian stanza Target entity description: A Spenserian stanza is a nine-line poetic form with a specific rhyme scheme and meter, famously used by Edmund Spenser in "The Faerie Queene" and later adopted by Romantic poets.
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A.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
-
B.
Kubla Khan
"Kubla Khan" is a famous unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, celebrated for its vivid, dreamlike imagery and exploration of the creative imagination.
-
C.
Anacreontic poets
Anacreontic poets were writers, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, who composed light, lyrical verse celebrating love, wine, and conviviality in imitation of the ancient Greek poet Anacreon.
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D.
Alliterative Revival
The Alliterative Revival was a 14th-century resurgence of alliterative verse in Middle English poetry, particularly in the Midlands and North, that produced major works like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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E.
The Seafarer
The Seafarer is an Old English elegiac poem that reflects on the hardships of life at sea and the spiritual journey of the speaker.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetic form
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stanza form ⓘ |
| associatedWithLiteraryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| createdBy | Edmund Spenser ⓘ |
| firstMajorUse | The Faerie Queene ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
final alexandrine line provides conclusion or emphasis
ⓘ
interlocking rhyme ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
epic poetry
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narrative poetry ⓘ |
| hasLineCountPattern | eight pentameter lines plus one hexameter line ⓘ |
| hasMeterPattern |
first eight lines in iambic pentameter
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ninth line in iambic hexameter ⓘ |
| hasNinthLineName | alexandrine ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLines | 9 ⓘ |
| hasRhymeScheme | ababbcbcc ⓘ |
| hasTypicalUse |
long narrative poems
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romantic and reflective verse ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian stanza forms ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edmund Spenser ⓘ |
| periodOfOrigin | late 16th century ⓘ |
| usedByMovement | Romantic poets ⓘ |
| usedByPoet |
John Keats
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Lord Byron ⓘ Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English poetry ⓘ |
| usedInWork |
Adonais
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ⓘ The Eve of St. Agnes ⓘ The Faerie Queene ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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