Question

Which statement best describes the Sapphic stanza?

A Sapphic stanza consists of three lines in which each line has two fewer syllables than the previous one.
A Sapphic stanza consists of four lines with alternating lengths of 10 syllables and 14 syllables.
A Sapphic stanza consists of three lines of iambic pentameter followed by a line with 11 syllables.
A Sapphic stanza consists of four lines where the first three have 11 syllables and the fourth has five.

Answer 1

A Sapphic stanza consists of four lines where the first three have 11 syllables and the fourth has five.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is A Sapphic stanza consists of four lines where the first three have 11 syllables and the fourth has five. Although its name comes from the ancient poet Sappho, she didn't really write using it and used a different version of it that had 3 lines of the aeolic verse. In her poetry, there was word-end before the final Adonean/