Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Stanza


Stanza- is a unit within a larger poem.stanza consists of a grouping of lines, set off by a space, that usually has a set pqattern of meter and rhyme.

Example:stanzas can be given a specific name depending on their structure and rhyme pattern. List of stanzas names according to number of lines:


  • 2 lines=couplet

  • 3 lines= tercet

  • 4 lines= Quatrain

and so on


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