It's the ottava rima in which all of the great Italian romance epics by poets -- favorite poets of Milton's like Ariosto and Tasso -- had been written.

这是弥尔顿所钟爱的所有伟大的意大利浪漫诗人,例如阿里奥斯多和塔索,曾经用过的体裁。

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