poetry structural devices
stanza
a group of lines in a poem usually with a common pattern of rhyme and metre
example: a verse in a song
refrain / chorus
a group of lines that is repeated throughout a song or poem
couplet
a stanza of two lines
quatrain
a stanza of four lines
sestet
a stanza of 6 lines
octave
a stanza of 8 lines
enjambment
irregular line breaks in poetic works