Split Sestet
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement,
Stanzaic | | |
| Description: | | Similar to rime coulée, but with generally shorter
lines, the Split Sestet is rhymed aabaab with the "a" lines iambic trimeter and the "b" lines anapestic monometer. | | |
| Origin: | | American | | |
| Schematic: | | Rhyme: aabaab
Meter:
xX xX xX
xX xX xX
xxX
xX xX xX
xX xX xX
xxX | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 6 | | |
| See Also: | | Anapest, Iamb, Rime Coulée, Sestet, Split Couplet | | |
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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