Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20 AIL 1907 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Terza Rima Without the Rhyme
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The idea
Unit eight defined terza rima: three-line stanzas rhyming A B A, B C B, C D C, each handing a rhyme to the next. Longfellow keeps the three-line stanzas and drops the rhyme entirely. Life, dark and lost do not rhyme, and the interlocking is gone.
In practice
The tercets kept, the rhyme dropped.
Where people slip
The interlocking is gone.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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