Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 19 AIL 1807 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Poem's Measurements
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The idea
Three four-line stanzas, rhyming A B A B, in long lines that run to six beats and then drop to four at each stanza's end. This is a closed form, written in eighteen ninety, and it measures exactly as unit eight's procedure expects.
In practice
Three quatrains, A B A B.
Where people slip
Closed form, and it measures.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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