Which specific stanzaic form did Spenser invent for his epic 'The Faerie Queene'?
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Correct answer: The Spenserian Stanza
Spenser created a nine-line stanza rhyming ababbcbcc, consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by a final Alexandrine. This form is now called the Spenserian Stanza.
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