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A two line stanza

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Couplet

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Two line stanza with terminal rhyme

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Closed Couplet

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Two line stanza without terminal rhyme

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Open Couplet

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Two line stanza with terminal rhyme in Iambic Pentameter

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Heroic Couplet; also has “masculine” rhyme and second line is end-stopped or heavy caesura

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Any three line stanza; rhyme schemes vary

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Tercet

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Three line stanza rhyming aaa

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Triplet

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Any four line stanza

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Quatrain

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An envelope quatrain-in Iambic Tetrameter (four beats) rhyming abba

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In Memoriam Stanza

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Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abab

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Elegiac Quatrain

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Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abba

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Italian Quatrain, or Italian Stanza

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Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming aaxa

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Rubaiyat Stanza, or Rubaiyat Quatrain

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Any five line stanza, but typically heterometric

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Cinquain

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Any six line stanza

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Sestet

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A six line stanza rhyming aaabab and is heterometric

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Burns Stanza

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Any seven line stanza

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Septet

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A seven line stanza rhyming ababbcc

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Rhyme Royal (most commonly used in the Medieval or Renaissance period)

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Eight Line Stanza in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abababcc

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Ottava Rima

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An eight line stanza in Iambic Pentameter rhyming ababbcbcc and the last line is Alexandrine aka hexameter

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Spencerian Stanza

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A stanza composed for a specific poem and not used again

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Nonce Stanza

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An Iambic hexameter line

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Alexandrine

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Iambic Tetrameter couplets

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Octosyllabics

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Iambic Heptameter Couplets

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Fourteeners

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A quatrain in alternating Tetrameter and Trimeter (4,3,4,3) and rhyming abab

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Common Meter

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A stanza or quatrain in trimeter, or mostly trimeter, hymn-like

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Short Meter

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Tetrameter Quatrain rhyming abab
Long Meter
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Common Meter or 4,3,4,3 stanza with a rhyme scheme of a,x,a,x
Ballad Stanza
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A one line stanza
Monostich
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Couplet
A two line stanza
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Closed couplet
Two line stanza with terminal rhyme
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Monostich
A one line stanza
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Ballad stanza
Common Meter or 4,3,4,3 stanza with a rhyme scheme of X,a,X,a
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Long meter
Tetrameter Quatrain rhyming abab
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Short meter
A stanza or quatrain in trimeter, or mostly trimeter, hymn-like
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Common meter
A quatrain in alternating Tetrameter and Trimeter (4,3,4,3) and rhyming abab
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Fourteeners
Iambic Heptameter Couplets
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Octosyllabics
Iambic Tetrameter couplets
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Alexandrine
An Iambic hexameter line
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Nonce stanza
A stanza composed for a specific poem and not used again
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Spencerian stanza
An eight line stanza in Iambic Pentameter rhyming ababbcbcc and the last line is Alexandrine aka hexameter
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Ottava Rima
Eight Line Stanza in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abababcc
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Rhyme Royal
A seven line stanza rhyming ababbcc
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Septet
Any seven line stanza
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Burns stanza
A six line stanza rhyming aaabab and is heterometric
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Sestet
Any six line stanza
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Cinquain
Any five line stanza, but typically heterometric
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Rubaiyat stanza
Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming aaxa
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Italian Stanza
Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abba
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Elegaic stanza
Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abab
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In Memoriam stanza
An envelope quatrain-in Iambic Tetrameter (four beats) rhyming abba
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Quatrain
Any four line stanza
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Triplet
Three line stanza rhyming aaa
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Tercet
Any three line stanza; rhyme schemes vary
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Heroic couplet
Two line stanza with terminal rhyme in Iambic Pentameter also has "masculine" rhyme and second line is end-stopped or heavy caesura
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Open couplet
Two line stanza without terminal rhyme

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