| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ababcdcdefefgg | English/Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet |
| abbaabba | Italian/Petrachan sonnet |
| ababbcbccdcdee | Spenserian sonnet |
| abcb | ballad stanza |
| ababbcbcc | Spenserian stanza |
| aba, bcb, cdc... | terza rima |
| ababbcc | Chaucerian stanza, or rhyme royal |
| aaabab | Burns stanza |
| ababcdcfgghhab | Irregular sonnet, one example |
| Sonnet with three problem quatrains and and one commenting couplet | English/Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet |
| Sonnet with one problem octet and one solving sestet | Italian/Petrachan sonnet |
| Last sestet in sonnet has variation of c,d, and e rhymes. | Italian/Petrachan sonnet |
| Sonnet with any rhyme scheme | Irregular sonnet |
| Nine-line stanza: eight lines in iambic pentameter, last line in six-foot alexandrine | Spenserian sonnet |
| Odd lines iambic tetrameter, even lines iambic trimeter | ballad stanza |
| Interlocking tercet rhymes | terza rima |
| Lines 1,2, 3 and 5 are tetrameter, and lines 4 and 6 are dimeter. | Burns stanza |
Combine with other sets
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace