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A stanza can be any number of lines that go to make up a part of the poem, where as a line is just one line contained within the stanza. There can be any number of stanzas in a poem each containing many lines, usually the same number.

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Is tercet a six-line stanza?

No. A tercet is a three-line stanza. A sestet is a six-line stanza.


What are the different kinds of stanza?

1.Couplet a two line stanza 2.Triplet (Tercet) a three line stanza 3.Quitrain a four line stanza 4.Quintet a five line stanza 5.Setstet (Sextet) a six line stanza 6.Septet a seven line stanza 7.Octave an eight line stanza


What is a 2-line stanza?

a 2 line stanza is called a couplet.


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A stanza is a section of a poem that consists of two or more lines. A paragraph is a section of writing that normally consists of five or more sentences.


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what is a 5-line stanza


The figurative language in my papa's waltz?

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What do you call a stanza of 1 line?

A line. It would hardly bear the title of 'stanza'.


What is a 5 line stanza called?

A 5 line stanza is called a cinquain


What does villanelle mean?

Its a poem that has 19 lines, based on the repetition of the first and third lines of the first stanza. It is made up of five tercets, and one quatrain. The rhyme scheme is aba in the first stanza, bba for the next four stanzas, and abaa for the final stanza. The final line of the second and fourth stanzas is the first line of the first stanza, while the final line of the third and fifth stanzas is the last line of the first stanza. For the final stanza, the first line of the first stanza is the third line, and the fourth is the final line of first stanza. A formal poem that uses extensive repetition


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Yes there is a large difference between the two. A line has no end and a line segment ends.


What is a stanza of eight lines called?

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