Verse and Stanza Forms Flashcards

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Stanza

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The units into which the lines of a poem are separated.

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Couplet

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Stanza comprising two lines of verse with various rhyme patterns.

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Tercet

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Stanza comprising three lines of verse with various rhyme patterns.

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Quatrain

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Stanza comprising four lines of verse with various rhyme patterns.

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Sestet

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Stanza comprising six lines of verse with various rhyme patterns.

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Octet

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Stanza comprising eight lines of verse with various rhyme patterns.

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