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Rispetto

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement

 
Description: 

Any complete poem of two rhymed quatrains. Often the rhyme scheme is abab ccdd, and the meter is iambic tetrameter.

 
Origin: 

Italian

 
Schematic: 
Rhyme: abab ccdd
Line rhythm: xX xX xX xX
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

4

 
Line/Poem Length: 

8

 
See Also:  

Heroic Rispetto, Quaternion, Strambotto (Tuscan)

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 
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