---

Spener

---

Read Also:

• Spengler

  noun 1. Oswald [oz-wawld;; German aws-vahlt] /ˈɒz wɔld;; German ˈɔs vɑlt/ (Show IPA), 1880–1936, German philosopher. noun 1. Oswald (ˈɔsvalt). 1880–1936, German philosopher of history, noted for The Decline of the West (1918–22), which argues that civilizations go through natural cycles of growth and decay

• Spenser

  noun 1. Edmund, c1552–99, English poet. noun 1. Edmund. ?1552–99, English poet celebrated for The Faerie Queene (1590; 1596), an allegorical romance. His other verse includes the collection of eclogues The Shephearde’s Calendar (1579) and the marriage poem Epithalamion (1594)

• Spenserian

  adjective 1. of or characteristic of Spenser or his work. noun 2. an imitator of Spenser. 3. Spenserian stanza. 4. verse in Spenserian stanzas. adjective 1. relating to, in the style of, or characteristic of Edmund Spenser, the English poet (?1552–99), or his poetry noun 2. a student or imitator of Edmund Spenser

• Spenserian-sonnet

  noun 1. a sonnet employing the rhyme scheme abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee. Spenserian sonnet noun 1. (prosody) a sonnet form used by the poet Spenser having the rhyme scheme a b a b b c b c c d c d e e

• Spenserian-stanza

  noun 1. the stanza used by Spenser in his Faerie Queene and employed since by other poets, consisting of eight iambic pentameter lines and a final Alexandrine, with a rhyme scheme of ababbcbcc. Spenserian stanza noun 1. (prosody) the stanza form used by the poet Spenser in his poem The Faerie Queene, consisting of eight […]

---