Michael Edwards

DEFINITIONS

DEFINITIONS

 Not a poem but some random points I wrote a long time ago - just found them and thought they might be of interest to others. 

 Monostich     =    1 line stanza

 Couplet        =     2 line stanza

Tercet            =     3 line stanza

Quatrain        =     4 line stanza

Quintet          =     5 line stanza

Sestet            =     6 line stanza

Septet           =     7 line stanza

Octave          =     8 line stanza

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Foot  =  a unit in a line of metrical verse (a syllable)

Iambic foot          =  2 syllable foot with stress on 2^nd syllable

Trochaic Foot      =   2 syllable foot with stress on 1^st syllable

EXAMPLES

• IAMBIC            : That time of year thou mayst in me behold   (5 iambic feet)
• TROCHAIC      : Tell me not in mournful numbers    (4 Iambic feet)

Monometer   =   1 foot per line

Dimeter         =   2 feet per line

Trimester      =   3 feet per line

Tetrameter    =   4 feet per line

Pentameter    =   5 feet per line

Hexameter     =   6 feet per line

Heptameter    =   7 feet per line

Octameter      =   8 feet per line