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Hymnal Octave

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

An octave alternating iambic tetrameter with iambic trimeter with rhyme scheme abababab.

 
Schematic: 
xX xX xX xA
xX xX xB
xX xX xX xA
xX xX xB
xX xX xX xA
xX xX xB
xX xX xX xA
xX xX xB
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

8

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
See Also:  

Common Measure, Common Octave, Fourteeners, Hymnal Stanza, Long Hymnal Octave, Octave, Short Hymnal Octave

 

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