Question

Poetry written in triplets rhymed aba, bcb, cdc, etc. is _____. an Italian sonnet an English sonnet carpe diem terza rima

Answer 1

Poetry written in triplets rhymed aba, bcb, cdc, etc is_ terza rima

Answer 2

The correct answer is "Terza rima". Terza rima, which literally means "third rhyme" in Italian, follows the triplets rhymed in an ABA BCB CDC DED format. This rhyming verse stanza formed of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme was first used by Dante Alighieri.