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English Stanzas Flashcards

1
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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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4
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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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5
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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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9
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Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abab

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Elegiac Quatrain

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10
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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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12
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Any five line stanza, but typically heterometric

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Cinquain

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13
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Any six line stanza

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Sestet

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14
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A six line stanza rhyming aaabab and is heterometric

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Burns Stanza

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15
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Any seven line stanza

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Septet

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16
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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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17
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Eight Line Stanza in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abababcc

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Ottava Rima

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18
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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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19
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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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20
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An Iambic hexameter line

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Alexandrine

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21
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Iambic Tetrameter couplets

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Octosyllabics

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22
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Iambic Heptameter Couplets

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Fourteeners

23
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A quatrain in alternating Tetrameter and Trimeter (4,3,4,3) and rhyming abab

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Common Meter

24
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A stanza or quatrain in trimeter, or mostly trimeter, hymn-like

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Short Meter

25
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Tetrameter Quatrain rhyming abab

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Long Meter

26
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Common Meter or 4,3,4,3 stanza with a rhyme scheme of a,x,a,x

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Ballad Stanza

27
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A one line stanza

28
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Couplet

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A two line stanza

29
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Closed couplet

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Two line stanza with terminal rhyme

30
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Monostich

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A one line stanza

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Ballad stanza

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Common Meter or 4,3,4,3 stanza with a rhyme scheme of X,a,X,a

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Long meter

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Tetrameter Quatrain rhyming abab

33
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Short meter

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

34
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Common meter

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

35
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Fourteeners

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Iambic Heptameter Couplets

36
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Octosyllabics

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Iambic Tetrameter couplets

37
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Alexandrine

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An Iambic hexameter line

38
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Nonce stanza

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A stanza composed for a specific poem and not used again

39
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Spencerian stanza

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

40
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Ottava Rima

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Eight Line Stanza in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abababcc

41
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Rhyme Royal

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A seven line stanza rhyming ababbcc

42
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Septet

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Any seven line stanza

43
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Burns stanza

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A six line stanza rhyming aaabab and is heterometric

44
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Sestet

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Any six line stanza

45
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Cinquain

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Any five line stanza, but typically heterometric

46
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Rubaiyat stanza

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Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming aaxa

47
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Italian Stanza

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Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abba

48
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Elegaic stanza

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Four lines in Iambic Pentameter rhyming abab

49
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In Memoriam stanza

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

50
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Quatrain

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Any four line stanza

51
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Triplet

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Three line stanza rhyming aaa

52
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Tercet

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Any three line stanza; rhyme schemes vary

53
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Heroic couplet

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Two line stanza with terminal rhyme in Iambic Pentameter also has “masculine” rhyme and second line is end-stopped or heavy caesura

54
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Open couplet

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Two line stanza without terminal rhyme

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