ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many stanza’s does the poem consist of?
A
4
B
2
C
3
D
1
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The number of stanzas in a poem varies depending on the style of poetry it is. However, most poems have at least four stanzas. One stanza in the poem is made up of four lines. A stanza is a piece of poetry that consists of two or more lines placed consecutively.

Detailed explanation-2: -A stanza is a group of lines that form the basic metrical unit in a poem. So, in a 12-line poem, the first four lines might be a stanza. You can identify a stanza by the number of lines it has and its rhyme scheme or pattern, such as A-B-A-B.

Detailed explanation-3: -A stanza in poetry is the equivalent of a paragraph in prose. It’s a group of lines arranged together to form one unit of a poem. Therefore, stanzas divide a poem. Some poems have one stanza, and others have more stanzas.

Detailed explanation-4: -A poem or stanza with one line is called a monostich, one with two lines is a couplet; with three, tercet or triplet; four, quatrain. six, hexastich; seven, heptastich; eight, octave. Also note the number of stanzas. Meter: English has stressed and unstressed syllables.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stanza forms are the most common way of writing poems in English. Stanzas are a set of lines that have four lines. The first line is called an octave, and the other three lines are called sestets.

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