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    What rhyming scheme was invented by Dante for the Commedia?

    Question #84797. Asked by darkpresence. (Aug 21 07 1:46 PM)


    nina300

    Dante invented tertiary rhyme (terza rima)- the middle line of each three-line stanza rhymes with the first and third lines of the following stanza.

    http://www.greatbooks.org/library/guides/the-divine-comedy-volume-i-inferno.html

    Aug 21 07, 3:01 PM
    lanfranco

    We believe that Dante invented "terza rima," because we have no surviving earlier examples. However, he was by no means the first poet to write in the Italian vernacular. Dante considered himself to be a follower of some rather earlier poets, including Guido Guinizzelli and Dante's own, older friend, Guido Cavalcanti.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinizzelli

    Aug 21 07, 4:47 PM


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