monostrophic

In verse theory , poems consisting only of a single stanza (for example the elegiac distich in its epigrammatic form or the Japanese haiku ) and, on the other hand, multi- stanza poems or epics in which all stanzas have the same stanza measure, for example in the Nibelungenlied , are referred to as monostrophic in verse theory Contrasted with forms that consist of stanzas built in different ways, such as in Greek choral poetry or in the sonnet .

literature

• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 531.