Sapphic Ode (Pope Style)
Three line iambic tetrameter
fourth line iambic bi meter
or
three line 8 syllables
fourth line 4 syllables
Rhymed abab, as many stanzas as you like.
Sapphic Ode Reference
The Sapphic Ode consists of quatrains, three 11-syllable lines, and a final 5-syllable line, unrhyming but with a strict meter.
An example is "Ode on Solitude" by Alexander Pope.
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George Frederic Watts - She Shall Be Called Woman37 lines, 27 comments, on May 29 12:59 PM 2008
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40 lines, 18 comments, on Sep 10 1:54 PM 2008. In Nature
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28 lines, 18 comments, on Apr 1 4:18 AM. In Life
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