English Dictionary

rhyme royal

noun

(uncountable, poetry) A form of English verse consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of ababbcc, first represented in English in works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400).

Rhyme royal is a form of poetry that consists of seven lines, usually in iambic pentameter.

意味（1）

(uncountable, poetry) A form of English verse consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of ababbcc, first represented in English in works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400).

Perhaps the most engaging of the Rowley poems are An Excelente Balade of Charitie, written in the rhyme royal; and The Bristowe Tragedie, in the common ballad stanza.

意味（2）

(countable, poetry) A single stanza of this form.

Chaucer for years before the Prologue to LGW had been writing heroic couplets at the close of each of his rhymes royal.