An octet is an eight line stanza.
A miscellaneous 8 line stanza is called an octet. But the 8 line stanza which forms the first verse of a sonnet is called an octave, and the commonest form of 8 line stanza (by far) in English is called ottava rima.
An octet is used to represent an eight line stanza. However it is also called an octave when used in a Sonnet as the first eight lines.
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
Really Short Poem? Is there a specific term for an eight-line poem?
An Octave (occasionally an Octet)
No. A tercet is a three-line stanza. A sestet is a six-line stanza.
a 2 line stanza is called a couplet.
A three-line stanza is called a tercet.
what is a 5-line stanza
Look at the 3rd line in the first stanza, the 4th line in the second stanza, and the 1st line in the fourth stanza.
A line. It would hardly bear the title of 'stanza'.
A 5 line stanza is called a cinquain