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It must be observed, however, that the English odes written in strictly uniform stanzas differ greatly in the simplicity of the stanzaic pattern.

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss

In melody and stanzaic form, we shall see that the two poems are not unlike, but in motive they are totally distinct.

From The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan

Rhyme, alliteration, the burden, the stanzaic form, were devised with singular adroitness.

From The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan

It is a love lament, and the insertion of a song in a complicated lyrical measure in a plain stanzaic setting is evidently copied from the Calender.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

We discover that precisely similar stanzaic patterns—like similar metrical patterns—are often used to express diametrically opposite feelings,—let us say, joy and sorrow, doubt and exultation, victory and defeat.

From A Study of Poetry by Perry, Bliss