Verse Forms
* A verse can be one line of poetry or a stanza.
Alexandrian--a line of poetry 12 syllables (or 13 if the last syllable is unstressed) consisting
6 iambic feet.
Blank Verse--poetry written without rhymes usually in iambic pentameterin English verse
Chain Verse--like chain rhyme, but instead of linking rhymes, words, phrases or lines are repeated
in succeeding stanzas.
envoy (envoi)--a short final stanza of a poem
Free Verse--a verse form free of traditional rules of versification, (freedom from fixed meter or rhyme)
Open Form--created through shifts, leaps, hesitations, and fragmentations in lines. It conforms to
no set form, structure,or rhythmic patterns.
Refrain (chorus)--a repeated verse within a poem or song pertaining to a central topic
Stanza Forms--names describing the number of lines is an stanzaic unit, (2) couplet, (3) tercet,
(4) quatrain, (5) quintet (6) sestet, (7) septet, (8) octave
