Standard Habbie
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement,
Stanzaic | | |
| Description: | | A stanzaic sestet with lines of two lengths and two rhymes.
Lines 1, 2, 3, and 5 are four feet long with the “a” rhyme. Lines 4 and 6 are two feet long with the “b” rhyme. | | |
| Attributed to: | | Habbie Simson, the piper of
Kilbarchan | | |
| Origin: | | Scottish | | |
| Schematic: | | Rhyme: aaabab
Meter (Iambic):
xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX
xX xX xX xX
xX xX
xX xX xX xX
xX xX | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 6 | | |
| See Also: | | Accentual-Syllabic Verse, Podic Verse, Reverse Habbie, Rime Coulée, Sestet, Short Particular Measure | | |
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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