rhyme royal

Etymology
This term was reportedly first used in the mid-1800s.

Noun

 * 1)  A form of English verse consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of ababbcc, first represented in English in works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400).
 * 2)  A single stanza of this form.
 * 1)  A single stanza of this form.