Terza rima¶
terza_rima · form · validated
Interlocking tercets rhyming ABA BCB CDC and so on.
Provenance¶
- Source: Dante Alighieri, Commedia (c. 1320)
- Attribution:
primary— a named author, work and year this catalogue stands behind - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,phonemes - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Terzine (de), Terza rima (fr)
Prompt hint¶
Write three-line stanzas whose middle rhyme becomes the outer rhyme of the next.
Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
unknown_rhyme |
string | undecidable |
What a line ending absent from the pronouncing dictionary means: leave the pair unscored (undecidable), let it satisfy the scheme (free), or fail it (strict). |
Examples¶
aba-bcb¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
the cat can see the moon above the tree
the dog will run across the field today
a bird can fly around the house at three
the sun will set behind the hill in may
the fox will hide beneath the fallen stone
the birds will sing before the break of day
Source: constructed example; the form of Dante's Commedia
no-interlock¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
the cat can see the moon above the tree
a bird can fly around the house at three
the cat can see the moon above the tree
a bird can fly around the house at three
Source: constructed counterexample
aba-bcb-cdc¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
der Wandrer zieht durch jenes weite Land
der Wind bewegt die Blätter in der Nacht
das Feuer brennt und wärmt die kalte Hand
der Regen fällt und niemand hat gelacht
ein Vogel singt am Morgen auf dem Baum
die Glocke schlägt und alles ist vollbracht
ein Kind erwacht und ruft nach seinem Traum
die Lampe steht und gibt uns wenig Licht
der Nebel füllt den stillen kalten Raum
Source: constructed example
aba-bcb-fr¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
Le vent emporte au loin tout notre amour
Il traversait un long chemin
Le temps s'efface et dure toujours
Il se leva tôt le matin
Il regardait au loin la montagne
Puis s'en alla vers son jardin
Source: constructed example; the form of Dante's Commedia
rime-b-rompue¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Le vent emporte au loin tout notre amour
Il traversait un long chemin
Le temps s'efface et dure toujours
Il se leva tôt le matin
Il regardait au loin la montagne
Puis s'en alla dans le froid gris
Source: constructed counterexample; the B rhyme (chemin/matin) breaks on the last line
dante-inferno-canto1-sibbald¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
In middle of the journey of our days
I found that I was in a darksome wood—
The right road lost and vanished in the maze.
Ah me! how hard to make it understood
How rough that wood was, wild, and terrible:
By the mere thought my terror is renewed.
More bitter scarce were death. But ere I tell
At large of good which there by me was found,
I will relate what other things befell.
Source: Dante, Inferno, Canto I, lines 1-9; English terza-rima translation by James Romanes Sibbald, The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884). Rejected: Sibbald's rhyme is genuinely interlocking (ABA BCB CDC) but two of its three chains rhyme on slant or eye-rhyme rather than a rhyme this package's strict model accepts — "renewed" does not rhyme with either "wood" or "understood", and "terrible" does not rhyme with "tell" or "befell" (does_not_rhyme, ADR 0040 D3). Measured on this HEAD: score 0.8889, 4 violations.