Classical Chinese poetry forms rules, of this poetry form. It is most associated with the eight-line style, although the same rules basically apply to the curtailed form ("jueju") and the expanded form ("pailu"). A form of regulated verse with eight lines of five characters each. A form of regulated verse with eight lines of seven characters each. The curtailed form is sometimes referred to as a "quatrain" due to its requirement to consist of four lines. Basically, the "jueju" is a shortened version of the eight-line version, resulting in a verse form which can more challenging in terms of conveying a complete poem or
Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry the lyric "Preludium" ("Prelude") she employed a seven-line stanza, built in much the same way: 11a/11b/11a/11a/5b/11c/5c. Once again she suggested Sappho's stanzaic pattern in the poem "Posłom wielkopolskim" ("To the deputies from the Greater Poland"), which goes 11a/11b/11a/5b/11c/11c; she repeated this scheme in "Improwizacja" ("Improvisation") and in "Ave, Patria". In the poem "Idź, idź w pokoju!" ("Go away in peace") Konopnicka used a six-line strophe 5a/11b/11b/11c/11c/5a. Another form used by Konopnicka suggestive of the Sapphic stanza is a quatrain composed of three hendecasyllabic lines and one trisyllable, used in "Kto krzywdę płodzi" ("Who begets harm"). More complicated is an eight-line