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What is the primary defining characteristic of a Spenserian stanza?
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- 1It consists of nine lines, with the first eight in iambic pentameter and the final line as an alexandrine (iambic hexameter)✓
- 2It consists of six lines, written entirely in anapest metre
- 3It consists of eight lines, following a strict ABABABAB rhyme scheme
- 4It is a ten-line stanza that incorporates a repeating chorused refrain
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It consists of nine lines, with the first eight in iambic pentameter and the final line as an alexandrine (iambic hexameter)
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