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Qasida

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Stanzaic

 
Description: 

Consists of any number up to 100 couplets all with the same rhyme.

 
Origin: 

Arabic

 
Schematic: 
aa aa aa, etc.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

2

 
See Also:  

Ghazal, Musaddas, Zéjel

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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