Definition of Tercets. Meaning of Tercets. Synonyms of Tercets

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Definition of Tercets

Tercet
Tercet Ter"cet, n. [F., fr. It. terzetto, dim. of terzo, third, L. tertius. See Tierce, and cf. Terzetto.] 1. (Mus.) A triplet. --Hiles. 2. (Poetry) A triplet; a group of three lines.

Meaning of Tercets from wikipedia

- description". The tercet also forms part of the villanelle, where the initial five stanzas are tercets, followed by a concluding quatrain. A tercet may also form...
- of five tercets followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third lines of the first tercet repeated...
- consists of tercets (three-line stanzas) with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme: The last word of the second line in one tercet provides the rhyme...
- with the lines composing tercets according to the rhyme scheme ABA BCB CDC DED ... The total number of syllables in each tercet is thus 33, the same as...
- other possibilities for three-line poems are AAB, ABB, and ABC. Multiple tercets can be combined into longer poems, as in the terza rima form. Traditional...
- nineteen lines. These lines consist of five tercets and a quatrain at the end. Two lines of the opening tercet, the first and the third, are known as refrains...
- dictionary. A villanelle is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain. Villanelle may also refer to: Villanelle (character)...
- Kingdom S.W. Simms Paradiso Blank tercets 1910 Agnes Louisa Money United Kingdom George Allen & Sons Purgatorio Blank tercets 1911 Charles Edwin Wheeler United...
- origin. The form consisted of a pair of quatrains followed by a pair of tercets with the symmetrical rhyme scheme ABABABAB CDCDCD, where the sense is carried...
- nineteen lines. These lines consist of five tercets and a quatrain at the end. Two lines of the opening tercet, the first and the third, are known as refrains...