The Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry that was created by Edmund Spenser in his epic poem "The Faerie Queene". It consists of eight lines of iambic pentameter followed by a single line of iambic hexameter, each with a rhyme scheme of ABABBCBCC. The spenserian stanza is often used in epic and narrative poems because of its ability to convey a sense of grandeur and importance. The rhyme scheme gives a sense of order and closure to each individual stanza while also allowing for a sense of interconnectivity throughout the entire poem.