Balassi stanza

Type:		Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic

Description:		A nine-line stanzaic form where the lines are grouped in three-line sets with syllable counts 6, 6, and 7. The first two lines in the set is a couplet. The third, longer line carries the main rhyme in the third, sixth, and ninth line of the stanza.

Attributed to:		Balint Balassi

Origin:		Magyar

Schematic:		xxxxxb xxxxxb xxxxxxa xxxxxc xxxxxc xxxxxxa xxxxxd xxxxxd xxxxxxa

Rhythm/Stanza Length:		9

Reference:		Reference Link

See Also:		Syllabic Verse

Status:		Incomplete