Types+of+Stanzas


 * Stanza or Verse ** -- two or more lines grouped together / four lines grouped together is most common
 * ** Couplet ** -- a unit of two lines that end in perfect rhyme / the basic unit of English poetry
 * ** Tercet ** -- a unit of three lines
 * ** Quatrain (Quartet) ** -- a group of four lines with a recurring rhyme scheme
 * **Quintain (Quintet)** -- a group of five lines with a recurring rhyme scheme
 * ** Sestet ** -- a group of six lines with a recurring rhyme scheme
 * **Septet** -- a group of seven lines with a recurring rhyme scheme
 * ** Octave ** -- a group of eight lines with recurring rhyme scheme

(Adapted from Charters/Charters, __Literature and Its Writers__, Compact Second Edition, Chapters 8-11, and __A Handbook to Literature__, 9th edition.)