Poetic stanza

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Spenserian may refer to the adjective of Spenser , in particular Edmund Spenser (1552/3–99), English poet, in particular Spenserian stanza , used in The Faerie Queen ; nine lines with rhyme scheme ababbcbcc Spenserian sonnet , with rhyme scheme abab, bcbc, ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spenserian \Spen*se"ri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem ``The Fa["e]rie Queene.''

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1817, from Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599), Elizabethan poet (for the origin of the surname, see Spencer ). Spenserian stanza , which he employed in the "Faerie Queen," consists of eight decasyllabic lines and a final Alexandrine, with rhyme scheme ab ab bc ...