Poem has numerous numbers of specified lines. Each, of them has different names as their numbers also differ. Understanding this various forms of line in poem goes a long way in enhancing a better understanding of a particular poem when reading or answering literature questions that relate to Poem.
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b. Distich- A verse arranged in a couplet but makes a complete sense.
c. Monometer- One lines of poem.
d. Couplet- Two lines of poem.
e. Tercet- Three lines of poem.
f. Quartet- Four lines of poem.
g. Quintet- Five lines of poem.
h. Sestet- Six lines of poem.
i. Septet- Seven lines of poem.
j. Octave- Eight lines of poem.
k. Dioxin- Ten lines of poem.
l. Dochnius- A foot of five syllables with first to fourth. Shorter than the fifth.
m. Dactyl- A finger like feet of three syllables.
n. Spontee- A foot of two long syllables.
o. Long measure- A quatrain of eight lines syllables.
p. Epitrite- A feet of three long syllables and one short syllable.
q. Fifteener- A verse of fifteen syllables.
r. Bachius- A foot of two long syllables followed by one short syllable.
However, understanding the lines and stanzas of poem demands reading carefully the whole content of a poem its then, you can easily decode and divide them according to their perfect names.
90% Literature students make several mistake when trying to discover forms of Poetical lines and this has been contributing to the causes of failure in Literature subject.
Are you one in these category?
Below are solution to this headache........
Lines and Stanzas of Poetry
a. Villanelle- A poem of two rhymes in five tercets and a quartrain.b. Distich- A verse arranged in a couplet but makes a complete sense.
c. Monometer- One lines of poem.
d. Couplet- Two lines of poem.
e. Tercet- Three lines of poem.
f. Quartet- Four lines of poem.
g. Quintet- Five lines of poem.
h. Sestet- Six lines of poem.
i. Septet- Seven lines of poem.
j. Octave- Eight lines of poem.
k. Dioxin- Ten lines of poem.
l. Dochnius- A foot of five syllables with first to fourth. Shorter than the fifth.
m. Dactyl- A finger like feet of three syllables.
n. Spontee- A foot of two long syllables.
o. Long measure- A quatrain of eight lines syllables.
p. Epitrite- A feet of three long syllables and one short syllable.
q. Fifteener- A verse of fifteen syllables.
r. Bachius- A foot of two long syllables followed by one short syllable.
However, understanding the lines and stanzas of poem demands reading carefully the whole content of a poem its then, you can easily decode and divide them according to their perfect names.
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