Stanza

Of poem and text.

A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.

This concept's ID is @1~37701

Lyric

  • strophe 0 facts

    One section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama.

  • antistrophe 0 facts

    The section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the...

Also contains

  • line 11 facts

    Text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted...

  • couplet 3 facts

    A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse; usually rhymed.

  • quatrain 2 facts

    A stanza of four lines.

  • rhyme royal 0 facts

    A stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer.

  • ottava rima 0 facts

    A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc.

  • envoy 0 facts

    A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.

  • Spenserian stanza 0 facts

    A stanza with eight lines of iambic pentameter and a concluding Alexandrine with...

  • octave 0 facts

    A rhythmic group of eight lines of verse.

  • sestet 0 facts

    A rhythmic group of six lines of verse.