Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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... stanzas of various lengths and arrange- ment , and continuous , or , as it is sometimes called , Stychic , " in which the lines are written continu- ously with no stanza divisions . " " The Old English , or Anglo - Saxon verse is ...
... stanzas of various lengths and arrange- ment , and continuous , or , as it is sometimes called , Stychic , " in which the lines are written continu- ously with no stanza divisions . " " The Old English , or Anglo - Saxon verse is ...
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... Stanza . ranged in groups of varying numbers , called stanzas . There is the greatest conceivable variety of these groups . But the principal forms are named simply from the number of lines in each group . Thus , Whittier's famous poem ...
... Stanza . ranged in groups of varying numbers , called stanzas . There is the greatest conceivable variety of these groups . But the principal forms are named simply from the number of lines in each group . Thus , Whittier's famous poem ...
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Charles Noble. Quatrain . Quintette . Sestette . Septette . The stanza most frequently used is the Quatrain , or stanza of four lines . Most of the ballads and most of the familiar hymns are written in this . I take an example from ...
Charles Noble. Quatrain . Quintette . Sestette . Septette . The stanza most frequently used is the Quatrain , or stanza of four lines . Most of the ballads and most of the familiar hymns are written in this . I take an example from ...
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... Stanza . A famous stanza , in nine lines , is that which was Spenserian used by Spenser in the " Faerie Queene . " To eight rimed iambic pentameter lines he added a line with six feet , called an Alexandrine , and this combination ...
... Stanza . A famous stanza , in nine lines , is that which was Spenserian used by Spenser in the " Faerie Queene . " To eight rimed iambic pentameter lines he added a line with six feet , called an Alexandrine , and this combination ...
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... stanza , although the meaning of the two words is essentially the same . Single Stanza Forms . The Sonnet . There are some single stanza forms and other fixed forms of verse which should be spoken of in this connection . The Sonnet was ...
... stanza , although the meaning of the two words is essentially the same . Single Stanza Forms . The Sonnet . There are some single stanza forms and other fixed forms of verse which should be spoken of in this connection . The Sonnet was ...
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