terza rima noun phr. [tɛ:tsǝ 'ri:mǝ] E19.
[Italian = third rhyme.]
Prosody. A form of iambic verse of Italian origin, consisting of triplets in which the middle line of each triplet rhymes with the first and third of the next (a b a, b c b, c d c, etc.), as in Dante's Divina Commedia.

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