Hymnal Stanza
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 abab. A slight variation on Common Measure. | |
Schematic: | | xX xX xX xA
xX xX xB
xX xX xX xA
xX xX xB | |
Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 4 | |
Examples: | | | |
See Also: | | Common Measure, Curtal Long Hymnal Stanza, Fourteeners, Hymnal Octave, Iamb, Kyrielle Hymn, Long Hymnal Octave, Long Hymnal Stanza, Quatrains, Short Hymnal
Stanza | |
Status: | | Incomplete | |
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