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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Poetry | | Portuguese term or phrase: redondilha menor/maior | "XXXXX" é um poema em heptassílabos (redondilha maior) composto por cinco dísticos com rimas em Paarreim (AA/BB/CC/DD/EE), alternando um Änapast e dois Jambus em cada um dos versos.
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|   Amy DuncanKudoZ activityQuestions: 475 (none open) ( 20 closed without grading) Answers: 993
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| | composed of five syllables/composed of seven syllables | Explanation:
Wapedia - Wiki: Meter (poetry)
Normally in this example would be five syllables of poetry, but the poet used the hiatus for the six .... Redondilha maior: composed of 7 syllables.
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Meter_(poetry)?p=1
Meter_百度文库
Nov 16, 2010 ... The traditional Arabic practice for writing out a poem's meter is to use ..... Redondilha menor: composed of 5 syllables. Redondilha maior: ...
wenku.baidu.com/view/3bce65d049649b6648d74749.html
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Note added at 16 mins (2010-12-02 13:52:46 GMT)
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I don't think there is a term in English (Brazilian term) but I would add the explanation in parenthesis (for the laypeople to understand). |
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:20
| Grading comment Thanks Marlene, and everyone for your suggestions. This seemed to work best in the context.
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