Stilistika materjalid
rhyme, and the length of lines.
The main stanza patterns are:
· The heroic couplet--a stanza containing two iambic pentameters rhyming in
pairs (aa bb cc) It is called "heroic" because it has been much used in translating
epic or Heroic poetry. This verse form may assume the shape of triplet, in which
the third, called Alexandrine, has six iambic feet instead of five.
· The ballad stanza comprises four lines consisting of alternate iambic tetrameters
and trimesters and rhyming a b a b. It must be distinguished from the ballade, a
verse form consisting of 3 eight-lined stanzas and a four-lined stanza of
dedication.
· The Spenserian stanza consists of 9 lines: eight iambic pentameters followed by
one iambic hexameter. Its rhyming scheme is a b a b b c b c c. E. Spenser used in
his "the Faerie Queen"
· Ottava rima is a stanza of 8 iambic pentameters rhyming a b a b a b c c. It is
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