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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