Talk:Spenserian stanza

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The article claims that Tennyson's Lotus eaters uses Spenserian stanzas, which should mean an ababbcbcc rhyme scheme. But looking at the poem, it clearly doesn't follow this scheme:

There is sweet music here that softer falls

Than petals from blown roses on the grass,

Or night-dews on still waters between walls

Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass ;

Music that gentlier on the spirit lies,

Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes ;

Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies.

Here are cool mosses deep,

And through the moss the ivies creep,

And in the stream the long-leaved flowers weep,

And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep.

The rhyme scheme here is "ababcccdddd"

Palefire 15:26, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

No one seems to be able to justify this, so I've deleted the bit about Tennyson. Palefire 17:29, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)