ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The monostich is a stanza-a whole poem-consisting of just one line. After that, there is the couplet (two-line stanza), tercet (three-line stanza), quatrain (four-line), quintet (five-line), sestet (six-line), septet (seven-line), and octave (eight-line).

Detailed explanation-2: -A stanza made up of 3 lines is called a tercet. In a tercet, all three lines rhyme or the first and third line rhyme (also called an ABA pattern).

Detailed explanation-3: -A line is a subdivision of a poem, specifically a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right-hand margin.

Detailed explanation-4: -A poetic unit of three lines, rhymed or unrhymed.