terza rima

1. 1.

   a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.

   Broaderpoem

Questions about terza rima

What does terza rima mean?

terza rima means "a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.".

Is terza rima a common word?

terza rima is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.