Meters

METERS Huitain ABABBAAB ABABBCBC AABAABCC ABABCCCB AAABCCCB ABABCDCD. French/English #1: a, b, a, b, b, c, b, c French/English #2: a, b, b, a, a, c, a, c Spanish #1: a, b, a, b, a, c, a, c Spanish #2: a, b, b, a, a, c, c, a Sestain aabbcc, ababcc, aabccb or aaabab Petrarch abba, abba pattern for the octave, followed by either cde, cde or cdc, cdc Occitan a-b-a-b, a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d-c-d Shakespeare abab cdcd efef gg Spenser abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee Strambotto [tuscano] 11 a b a b c c d d if multiple stanzas then last (part) line = first line next Stornello [fiore] 5 (10?) a 11 a+ 11 a Welsh