

Types of Stanzas
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8th - 10th Grade
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Joseph Anderson
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Types of Stanzas

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Stanza
A group of lines making up a single unit, similar to a paragraph in prose writing
Stanzas have names based on how many lines long they are
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Names of Stanzas
Couplet - A stanza of two lines, usually rhyming
Tercet - a stanza of three lines
Quatrain - A stanza of four lines
Quintain - A stanza of five lines
Sestet - A stanza of six lines
Septet - A stanza of seven lines
Octave - A stanza of eight lines
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A stanza of two lines is called a
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A stanza of 7 lines in called a
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A Sonnet
A 14 line stanza poem
Shakesperean Sonnet - A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter, three quatrains and one couplet
Iambic Pentameter - Ten syllables divided into Five Iambs
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