Spenserian Stanza: Defining the Structure
A Spenserian stanza is a unique nine-line poetic form, famously used by Edmund Spenser in his poem 'The Faerie Queene'. Understanding its structure is key to identifying it.
Stanza Composition
- The stanza consists of nine lines in total.
- The first eight lines are written in iambic pentameter. This means each of these eight lines has ten syllables, following an alternating pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables (five pairs of unstressed-stressed).
- The final ninth line is an Alexandrine, which is a line of iambic hexameter (twelve syllables, six pairs of unstressed-stressed).
Conclusion on Iambic Pentameters
Based on its definition, the Spenserian stanza contains exactly eight lines of iambic pentameter.
Important Questions from Literature
Match List-I with List-II:
List-I List-II (A) Meghe Dhaka Tara (I) Govind Nihalani (B) Garam Hawa (II) Habib Tanvir (C) Tamas (III) Ritvik Ghatak (D) Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya O Jamya-e-nai (IV) M.S. Sathyu Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Mahabharata has over 1,00,000 verses.
(B) Mahabharata was written by Valmiki.
(C) V.S. Sukthankar is associated with the critical edition of Mahabharata.
(D) The critical edition of Mahabharata took 47 years to complete.
(E) The critical edition of Mahabharata ran into over 13,000 pages.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Who wrote the essay "Naipaul's India and Mine" (1984) as a reply to V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness ?
Identify the one that has not been paired correctly.
Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution made the provision for use of English, alongside Hindi, for official purposes, for fifteen years?
