what is does 4 stanzas mean in a poem?
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A stanza is one of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines.
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poetry is writing in an arrangement of words in verse; especially, a rhythmical composition, sometimes rhymes, expressing facts, ideas or emotions in a style more concentrated, imaginative, and powerful than that of ordinary speech: some poems are in metre while others are in free verse.\n\nProse will be similar to that of ordinary people`s speech. A group of words that will be in paragraph which will be based on some cnetral theme.
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The number of "lines" is dependant on how long the artist wants the verse to be. This can be determined by the beat that is being rapped to, the rhyme scheme that the artist uses, or the way that the verse is written.  The verse only has "lines" when it is written down. Once the verse is recorded the "lines" become "phrases".  So the number of lines is dependant on how the artist notates the lyric on paper.
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This poem has more than 4 lines, but it is the neatest poem I have seen about the English language.\n\nWhen the English tongue we speak\nWhy is break not rhymed with freak?\nWill you tell me why it’s true\nWe say sew, but likewise few?\nAnd the maker of a verse,\nCannot rhyme his horse with worse?\nBeard is not the same as heard,\nCord is different from word,\nCow is cow, but low is low,\nShoe is never rhymed with foe.\nThink of hose and dose and lose,\nAnd think of goose and yet of choose,\nThink of comb and tomb and bomb,\nDoll and roll and home and some.\nAnd since pay is rhymed with say,\nWhy not paid with said I pray?\nThink of blood and food and good;\nMould is not pronounced like could.\nWherefore done, but gone and lone -\nIs there any reason known?\nTo sum up all, it seems to me\nSounds and letters don’t agree.
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Cool Question!\n\nTPCASTT is a way of analyzing a poem.\nSee the link below for how it works.\n\nT-Title - what does title mean *before* you read the poem.\nP-Paraphrase - put the poem in your own words.\nC-Connotation - what meanings are implied?\nA-Attitude - what is tone or attitude of speaker & poet?\nS-Shift - poem shifts, changes, develops\nT-Title - after reading, does title have other meanings?\nT-Theme - what *might* the poet be saying here?\n\nSo this is all about "critical thinking" -- teachers do not care about what YOU think about Frost. The purpose is to teach YOU to think and analyze.\n\nCheck out the link Explication of "Road" to get some ideas on how to use TP CASTT for the poem.\n\nBest wishes!
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a poem about life --- from birth to death...\n\nbut when i read it it sounded much like a song...probably because of the repetitive lines that appear at the end of each verse... honestly I understand the verses except the lines about his ways/ his days... and I don't understand why those two lines need to be repeated so much and then it's not even the title.. sorry\n\noh I think "With desperate fire, his gray will sets to blaze" should be "With desperate fire, his gray will set to blaze"\n\ncontinue writing...much luck!
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The theme is the main idea of the poem--you could almost say what the poem is about. A poem may talk about frozen birches, but the bigger message is how ice bends the branches, like life bends people sometimes. Here's a good source (below). I am answering this because I love poetry. Only in school does it matter what the theme seems to be. The truth is, a poem means what it means to you personally and that is the truth. Read some modern poets like Mary Oliver, Ted Koozer, Langston Hughes, Dorianne Laux before you give up on poetry.
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yes yes yes it is a-ok. \nA poem really is like a story. At least some are. I think that a poem can be as long as a regular book would be. I know that there are lots of books that are called "novels in verse" that are basiclly poems (at least that is my view on it). So, yes it is perfectly fine. But, if this poem is for a homework assignment I don't know if the teacher's view will be the same as mine. Hope it is. Merry Christmas!
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its pretty good it kinda sounds like it could be a narration for a movie with a dude with a gambling problem or something (kinda) and i like the way the whole poem is counting to 10 oh and in reply to the person who said u said you say roll the dice too much i think he should learn something about poetry i mean anyone who knows anything about poetry knows that a stanza is one of the many tools of a poet
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Haikus are an ancient Japanese poem that use a certain number of syllables to create a picture or snapshot of nature.\n\nToday, haikus no longer have to adhere to the 5-7-5-syllable rule. Their subject matter now is also beyond the range of the natural world. Modern haiku poets write about anything. The name for non-nature oriented haikus is senryu. Now that that's out of the way, let's talk about how to write them!\n\nFirst, understand that you don't need to construct your haikus with strict adherence to a certain number of syllables. This is freeing in many ways. First off, your subject matter takes precedence over your syllable count. Have a word that just doesn't fit in with 5-7-5? No problem. Modern haikus allow for this. For example, look at this haiku poem by the author:\n\nAtlantic sunset --\nbands of orange light\ntouch the water\n\nHere we have "sunset" as the subject of this poem. Strangely enough, the first line does have 5 syllables. Line two however breaks the 7 syllable rule and comes in at 5 syllables. Line 3 contains only 4. And here we have a complete haiku poem. So why is this acceptable? Because it uses many haiku techniques. One of these, perhaps the most important one is fragment and phrase theory.\n\nThe theory goes something like this. Haikus can contain a fragment and a phrase. In this example, line one is the fragment, lines 2 and 3 contain the phrase. The fragment sets the mood or ambiance of the poem while the phrase hones in on something very specific that is taking place in the present. Still, only a few words are used to "paint" this picture.\n\nHere's another example:\n\nSo many shells\non the beach tonight...\nebb tide\n\nIn this haiku, we start out with the phase and end with the fragment. Completely acceptable and used frequently by modern haiku poets. You'll also notice that there is a "cut" or "break" between the fragment and the phrase. This "cut" helps the reader get the juxtaposition between the two parts of the poem. To write haikus your way, just think in terms of fragment and phrase and you can't go wrong!
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Haiku\n\nhttp://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/\n\nThe metrical pattern of Haiku\n\nHaiku-poems consist of respectively 5, 7 and 5 syllables in three units. In Japanese, this convention is a must, but in English, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometimes be difficult.\n\nhttp://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm\n\nhttp://www.ahapoetry.com/keirule.htm\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku\n\nGood luck for the future.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, UK.
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five:\n\nthe first one is  about 8 syllables long\nthe second is the same length and rhymes with the first\nthe third is shorter (usually 5 syllables) and doesn't rhyme with the other two.\nthe fourth is also 5 syllables and normally rhymes with the third\nThe fifth is 8 syllables and rhymes with the first and second.\n\nHonestly, it's not as complicated as it looks!
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♡I'm just guessing, but are these correct?♡\n1. Ballad\n2. Cinquain\n3. Tanka  (Haiku)\n4. Couplet\n5. Narrative\n6. Quatrain\n7. Limerick\n8. Chant
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in contrast to the earlier answer I maintain that poetry does not need to fulfil any requirements of metre, rhythm, rhyme, verse, etc...\n\nthe distinctions are blurred........\n\nis Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood" poetry or prose?\nis Beowulf poetry or prose?\n\ngenerally it is possible to recognise poetry because it is not written in the more 'everyday' (prosaic) style of prose...\n\npoetry works (when it is good) as a series of images where the sum is greater than the total of the parts and more than one meaning can be found...\n\nconsider the montage-editing common in good cinema (the montage of attractions of Eisenstein)...\n\nhowever... some prose also achieves this....\n\nthe poetry of Ern Malley is a good case in point (read about "him" on the internet)........\n\nthe old fashioned ideas of how to define (metre, rhythm, etc) are long since out of the window......\n\nyears of reading will help you.....\nnothing else can........ (unless you don't really care and just settle for a glib, school text-book answer)\n\n\nps - in response to the above- poetry and prose are far from being enemies...  read anything by Anthony Burgess...
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i think its to do with the number of lines in the verse
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There's probably several...so, can't help you there...however, if you remember a particular line from one of your poems, you can probably do a general search and find the exact website.  Like, say you go to Yahoo search, type in your line, it may show you where to go.  It probably wouldn't hurt to throw in your user name in the search either
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Young girls that waste time trying to be older is basically what that poem is referring to.\n\nYou know when your young and can't wait to grow up so you try to appear older?  That poem is encouraging young ladies to be young ladies and not be in such a hurry for time to pass.