单词 | riding rhyme |
释义 | riding rhyme/ˈrʌɪdɪŋ rʌɪm/Prosody noun A verse form consisting of rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter, especially when characterized by enjambement (as used by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales); an example of this. Compare heroic couplet. Formerly also used of other rhyming verse forms. OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in George Gascoigne (d. 1577), author and soldier. From either riding or riding + rhyme. |
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