ENGL 345 Lecture Notes - Quatrain, Lewis Turco, Glosa
5 Dec 2012
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A poem composed as an amplification of lines taken from an earlier and better-known poem, although not literally as a gloss in the explanatory sense. This is commonly a quatrain from another poem, and then a poet writes a different poem based on these four lines. These four lines are referred to as cabeza. There is no specific required form, but they sometimes follow aabb. Standard is 10 lines/stnaza, but not all follow that. 6, 9 and 10 are generally rhymed. some glozas repeat the first and last lines of each stanza. Originated to tribute to the spanish court in particular. Allows poets to pay homage to influential poets, but also emphasize the independent meanings of the poem. Sometimes the original context of the poem can be lost. Lewis turco - western wind: a glose http://lewisturco. typepad. com/poetics/2011/03/western-wind-a-glose. html. This is an informal glosa, as there is a rhyme scheme. there are six lines per stanza, rhymed in couplets.
