Which Italian stanzaic form, consisting of eight eleven-syllable lines rhyming abababcc, is used in the narrative part of Prešeren's Krst pri Savici?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Ottava rima
- Step 1: Prešeren composed the narrative section of Krst pri Savici in ottava rima (stanca), the classic eight-line Italian epic stanza used by Ariosto and Tasso. Answer: Ottava rima. Why not the others: Terza rima is Dante's three-line interlocking scheme, the Spenserian stanza has nine lines, and the Sapphic stanza is an unrhymed classical Greek meter.
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