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词汇 tercet
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Definition of tercet in English:

tercet

noun ˈtəːsɪtˈtɛrsət
Prosody
  • A set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent triplet.

    〔诗韵〕同韵三行诗节

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another recurrent prosodic trait in this book is the repetition of tercets.
    • But instead of following the never-ending spiral of an apple peel, the story is delimited by closed circularity: it begins with the last tercets and closes with the first quatrains of a sonnet.
    • Both albums are rife with lyrical references to rolling hills, trees, creeks, dirty knees and breezes, and delivered in direct couplets or simply rhymed tercets.
    • He compiles a list of expressions to designate this double object and devotes the sonnet's tercets to its description.
    • To analyze a sonnet into quatrains and tercets is to recognize it as a sonnet, and so to relate it to a conventional lyrical category.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, from Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo 'third', from Latin tertius.

Rhymes

verset

Definition of tercet in US English:

tercet

nounˈtersətˈtɛrsət
Prosody
  • A set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme with an adjacent tercet.

    〔诗韵〕同韵三行诗节

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To analyze a sonnet into quatrains and tercets is to recognize it as a sonnet, and so to relate it to a conventional lyrical category.
    • But instead of following the never-ending spiral of an apple peel, the story is delimited by closed circularity: it begins with the last tercets and closes with the first quatrains of a sonnet.
    • Both albums are rife with lyrical references to rolling hills, trees, creeks, dirty knees and breezes, and delivered in direct couplets or simply rhymed tercets.
    • Another recurrent prosodic trait in this book is the repetition of tercets.
    • He compiles a list of expressions to designate this double object and devotes the sonnet's tercets to its description.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French, from Italian terzetto, diminutive of terzo ‘third’, from Latin tertius.

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