tercet
Trio of verses
A tercet is a group of three lines in poetry, typically unified by rhyme or theme.
The term appears most often in discussions of formal verse—Dante's *Divine Comedy* uses interlocking tercets called terza rima, where each middle line rhymes with the first and third lines of the next stanza.
The poem's closing tercet brought the meditation to rest.
poetic-form
Poem's line grouping
- verseMetered poetic passage
- interlockingEngaging by overlap
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
- villanelleRepeating-refrain verse structure
sonnet · sestet · couplet · quatrain · meter · iambic · hendecasyllable · canto
stanza
Poem's line grouping
- verseMetered poetic passage
- interlockingEngaging by overlap
- enclosedSurrounded and sealed within
villanelle · sonnet · sestet · couplet · quatrain · meter · iambic · hendecasyllable · canto
trio
Group of three
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
grouping · notation · bracket · syncopation · timing · pulse · measure · baroque · classical · waltz