Common Measure
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement,
Stanzaic | | |
| Description: | | An iambic stanza form similar to ballad measure. It is a
quatrain in alternating iambic tetrameter and trimeter with rhyme scheme abcb. | | |
| Schematic: | | xX xX xX xA
xX xX xB
xX xX xX xC
xX xX xB | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 4 | | |
| Examples: | | | | |
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| See Also: | | Accentual-Syllabic Verse, Ballad Measure, Common Octave, Fourteeners, Hymnal Octave, Hymnal Stanza, Long Measure, Long Octave, Quatrains, Short Hymnal Stanza, Short Measure | | |
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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