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 Sapphic stanza in Polish poetry The Sapphic stanza is the only stanzaic form adapted from Greek and Latin poetry to be used widely in Polish literature. It was introduced during the Renaissance, and since has been used frequently by many prominent poets. The importance of the Sapphic stanza for Polish literature lies not only in its frequent use, but also in the fact that it formed the basis of many new strophes, built up of hendecasyllables (11-syllable lines) and pentasyllables (5-syllable lines). The stanza comes from classical Greece, but it was the Romans, especially Horace, who provided the chief models