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 2nd syllable
Trochaic Foot = 2 syllable foot with stress on 1st 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
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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I dunno if I did find out exactly about them iambic pentameters. I may have been using them without knowing it!
A metre - 39 inches!
You met 'er did you. Was it Miss Berles?
Clever Michael.
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Outstanding Sir👍,,,🙏😍
Thanks so much - just written for my own benefit but thought others just might find it useful.
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Very clever... and much enjoyed too...
Thanks Neville
HI UNCLE MIKE ~ BRIAN HERE ! As you know I try to use Accepted Descriptive Poetic Language when refering to my own *CLASSICAL POETRY* and I encourage ANGELA to do likewise ! You are older than both of us together so I have copied your POEM to make (doubly ) sure we are right in future ~ AMEN ! Love the IRIS !
Blessings to YOU & YOURS
Love BRIAN & ANGELA
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Please check Angelas
MY OCTOBER BLUES !
PS For us any Poem with
14 lines is a SONNET ~ OK !
I'm flattered that youshould keep my simple aide memoir. Many thanks.
Invent a handy pocket tape measure encapsulating your points and you'll make an absolute..... erm, invention i guess.
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