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Triversan Stanza

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Other Requirement, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

Developed by William Carlos Williams, this is a variable accentual form of verse having between two and four beats in a line. The concept is to have a sentence with three phrases. Each phrase is a line. The whole verse is one sentence.

 
Attributed to: 

William Carlos Williams

 
Origin: 

American

 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

3

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
See Also:  

Accentual Verse, Triplet, Triversan

 

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