ot|ta|va ri|ma

ot|ta|va ri|ma «uh TAH vuh REE muh; Italian oht TAH vah REE mah»,

a stanza of eight lines with the lines according to the rhyme scheme a b a b a b c c. In Italian each line normally has eleven syllables; in English ten.

╂[< Italian ottava rima (literally) octave rhyme]