Structure

• What is the name for a one line stanza?

  Monostich
• What is the name for a two line stanza?

  Couplet
• What is the name for a three line stanza?

  Tercet
• What is the name for a four line stanza?

  Quatrain
• What is the name for a five line stanza?

  Quintain
• What is the name for a six line stanza?

  Sestet
• What is the name for a seven line stanza?

  Septet
• What is the name for an eight line stanza?

  Octet
• What is the name for a nine line stanza?

  Nonet