Definitions for Spenserian

Spenserian Spen·se·ri·an

Spelling: [spen-seer-ee-uh n]
IPA: /spɛnˈsɪər i ən/

Spenserian is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 599 anagrams from letters in Spenserian (aeeinnprss).

Definitions for Spenserian

noun

  1. an imitator of Spenser.
  2. Spenserian stanza.
  3. verse in Spenserian stanzas.

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of Spenser or his work.

Origin of Spenserian

First recorded in 1810-20; Spenser + -ian

Examples for Spenserian

One of the most important Modern English stanzas is the Spenserian, so called after its inventor.

His brother Giles made a better attempt at the Spenserian manner.

The poem, in a gentle Spenserian vein, has no connection with the ‘Sonnets.’

The future Burns will be wise to choose some measure more tripping and up-to-date than the stately and rumbling Spenserian stanza.

This order of rimes reminds us of that in the Spenserian stanza, and must have been devised by Spenser at about the same time.

Like the Spenserian stanza, the Epithalamium stanza has given rise to numerous imitations.

On leaving England I began to write a poem in the Spenserian measure.

The Spenserian sonnet, however, has found no favor with later poets.

The style was frequently detestable—a mixture of sham Spenserian and mock Wordsworthian, alternately florid and arid.

The Castle of Indolence, an allegorical poem in the Spenserian stanza, generally considered to be his masterpiece.

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