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Friend Birthday Card Verses

Birthday Card Verses for Your Friends The big day of your best friend is just around the corner and you are all set with the birthday gift, card and a surprise plan…. but one thing still remains…

What is a Verse?

Definition of a Verse A verse can be defined as, “A single metrical line in a poetic composition”. or “A division of a metrical composition, such as a stanza of a poem or hymn”. or “A succession

What is a Stanza?

Definition of a Stanza? A stanza can be defined as, “A group of  verses or lines forming a section within the larger poem is called a stanza. The lines forming one stanza are similar in their its

What is a Septet?

Definition of Septet A septet can be defined as, A poem or stanza consisting of seven lines, having any form or meter. or “A composition for seven voices or seven instruments”. It belongs to the group of

What is an Octave?

Definition of Octave Octave in poetry can be defined as, “An octave is a verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter (in English poetry) or  hendecasyllables (in case of Italian poetry)”. or “Any stanza in

What is a Sestet?

Definition of Sestet Sestet can be defined as, “A second division of an Italian sonnet, as opposed to an English or Spenserian Sonnet (consisting of an octave)  succeeded by a sestet, of six lines”. or “A poem

What is a Cinquain?

Definition of Cinquain Cinquain can be defined as, “Any short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines containing, respectively, two, four, six, eight, and two syllables.” History and Origin The cinquain form was invented by the American

What is a Quatrain?

Definition of Quatrain Quatrain can be defined as, A poem, unit or stanza of four lines of verse, usually with a rhyme scheme of abab or its variant, xbyb”. or “The rhyming four‐line groups that make up

What is a Tercet?

Definition of Tercet A unit or group of three lines of verse which are rhymed together or have a rhyme scheme that interlaces with an adjoining tercet. or “A group of three lines of verse, often rhyming

What is a Couplet?

Definition of a Couplet A couplet can be defined as, “Two successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, length or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance”. or “A unit of verse