Answer:
In "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser, the poem follows several knights as a means to examine different virtues. The poem is primarily an allegorical work and can be read on several levels of allegory, including as praise or criticism of Queen Elizabeth I.
As for the format used throughout "The Faerie Queene," Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza specifically for this epic poem. The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form that consists of nine lines with a rhyme scheme of "ababbcbcc."
So, to answer your question, Edmund Spenser did use the Spenserian stanza format throughout "The Faerie Queene."
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