Poetry to the use of interlocking stanzas is their use to separate thematic parts of a poem. For example, the strophe, antistrophe and epode of the ode form are often separated into one or more stanzas. In some cases, particularly lengthier formal poetry such as some forms of epic poetry, stanzas themselves are constructed according to strict rules and then combined. In skaldic poetry, the dróttkvætt stanza had eight lines, each having three "lifts" produced with alliteration or assonance. In addition to two or three alliterations, the odd numbered lines had partial rhyme of consonants with dissimilar vowels, not necessarily at
A Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of General Bem groups of boys and girls. The poem is especially interesting because of its form. It was written in rhymed hexameter. All the lines are made up of fifteen (7+8) syllables according to the pattern ' x ' x x ' x || ' x x ' x x ' x. The rhapsody opens with a Latin citation of Hannibal Barca: "iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi" Norwid's poem was often used and performed by Zbigniew Herbert and was translated into English by Adam Czerniawski. Mourner's Rhapsody was sung by Czesław Niemen and published in 1970 in Poland