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            • strofa, sloka
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            • Významový a intonační veršový celek, pravidelně se v básni (sbírce) opakující. Slovník literární teorie, Českoslove - by Markéta Demlová MITI
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            • Sapfická strofa (také sapfická sloka) je básnická forma, vytvořená a používaná antickou básnířkou Sapfó a velmi rozšířená v antické lyrické poezii. Přestože počítá s antickou metrikou, jedná se patrně o nejvíc používanou antickou sloku (experimentoval s ní například Allen Ginsberg). - Wikipedia by Markéta Demlová MITI
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            • strof
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            • strof, metrisk enhet som består av två eller flera versrader. En dikts strofer är vanligen likartat utformade i fråga om versmått och antal rader. Nationalencyklopedin - by Anna Herbst
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            • * De två första stroferna ur Tomas Tranströmers dikt "Resan" ur diktsamlingen Den halvfärdiga himlen (1962): På tunnelbanestationen. En trängsel bland plakat i ett stirrande dött ljus. Tåget kom och hämtade ansikten och portföljer. - Wikipedia by Anna Herbst
            • En strof ur författaren och Stockholmsskildraren Per Anders Fogelströms författarskap blir en del i den nya borgerliga äktenskapsceremonin som börjar gälla den 1 maj i år. - SVT - Rapport by Anna Herbst
            • Dikten består av fem sexradiga strofer som även innefattar rimflätan "aabccb". Diktens första strof inleds med meningen "låt oss sakta, låt oss dock betrakta skogens vita slott" som används för att bygga upp stämningen i dikten. - Diktanalys av Gustaf Frödings Vinternat by Anna Herbst
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            • stanza
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            • Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme. Infoplease
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            • Stanzas provide structure and format within a poem. In many ways they are the equivalent of a paragraph in a prose work. The use of stanzas can make a poem more visually appealing, and give the poem a means of division. Even poems without rhyme or meter will gain structure from the use of stanzas. - PoeWar
            • A sestina is usually an unrhymed poem consisting of six stanzas made up of six lines each. The sestina employs word repetition rather than rhyme. The last word of each line in the first stanza is repeated in a different order in the following five stanzas. - Poets’ Graves
            • The type of stanza in a poem may be determined by counting the number of lines in the stanza. In English, for example, the most common type of stanza is the quatrain, or four line stanza. - everything2
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    • Romanian
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            • strofă
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            • "STRÓFĂ, strofe, s.f. Ansamblu unitar dintr-o poezie format din mai multe versuri legate înre ele prin elemente prozodice (măsură, ritm, rimă)." DEX'98 "Fiecare dintre diviziunile unei poezii, din mai multe versuri." MDN Dexonline - by Cristina Butas
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            • "Strofă- apare in versificaţia modernă şi numeşte o grupare de versuri delimitate grafic printr-un spaţiu alb. Numărul versurilor dintr-o strofă diferă, începând cu strofe formate dintr-un singur vers şi ajungând pâna la o strofă cu 12 versuri. Dupa numărul de versuri din care sunt alcătuite strofele, pot fi : monovers (un vers), distih (două versuri), teţtet (trei versuri), catren (patru versuri), cvinarie (cinci versuri), sextina (şase versuri), septet (şapte versuri), octava (opt versuri), nona (noua versuri), decima (zece versuri). Stanta este tot o strofă în care versurile sunt legate prin înţeles şi printr-o anumită rimă. Specifică Renaşterii italiene, o stanţă poate avea un numar de versuri variind între trei şi douăzeci." - eBacalaureat.ro by Cristina Butas
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