Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
åttastrofig
English translation:
a little poem in eight verses
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Feb 17, 2015 18:52
9 yrs ago
Swedish term
åttastrofig
Swedish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
en liten åttastrofig dikt,
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | a little poem in eight verses |
Deane Goltermann
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| 3 | eight stanza |
Daniel Löfström
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| 3 -1 | eight-line/eight-verse |
Donald Jacobson
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Proposed translations
+1
28 mins
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
&
English
Sweden
Easy reading - Good writing
Native in: English 
, Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
20
Selected
a little poem in eight verses
Tough one, for those less figuratively inclined ... is an eight verse poem little? Or even short? Well, yes compared to monsters we have all seen. But who reads that kind of poetry nowadays?
I did a little experiment with google... First trying "a little one verse poem", the upped the ante to 'two verse'. I got (a very few) hits up to 'four verse'. Nothing higher than 4. Try your google settings to see what you find!
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Note added at 59 mins (2015-02-17 19:52:34 GMT)
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re: verse vs. stanza see http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/stanza
'A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.'
I did a little experiment with google... First trying "a little one verse poem", the upped the ante to 'two verse'. I got (a very few) hits up to 'four verse'. Nothing higher than 4. Try your google settings to see what you find!
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Note added at 59 mins (2015-02-17 19:52:34 GMT)
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re: verse vs. stanza see http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/stanza
'A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.'
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
10 mins
Donald Jacobson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Neuropsychiatrist(MD) German(MA)
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, Swedish to English
eight-line/eight-verse
a small eight-line poem
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Daniel Löfström
: line = rad, stanza = strof (a stanza is a group of lines), verse =vers (generally, but could also mean stanza, esp. in songs)
5 mins
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11 mins
eight stanza
A little eight stanza poem
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