Terza Rima
Patterns ‘N Poetry includes the poem form Tera Rima.Dante Alighieri using the Terza Rima form wrote the Divine Comedy. The form had been known before him. The pattern, an interlocking rhyme pattern (aba,bcb,cdc,ded, ee) lends itself to easy memorization and used by troubadours throughout France and Italy in the 11th, 12, and 13th century. Dante made it popular. Continue reading