The phrases you provided appear to be Polish. They translate to a question about the structure of a sonnet and how many verses and stanzas it contains. Core answer
- A traditional (classical) sonnet in many common European traditions consists of 14 lines (verses) divided into four stanzas: typically two four-line units (quatrains) and two three-line units (tercets). In Italian (Petrarchan) form, the usual pattern is two quatrains followed by a tercet; in English (Shakespearean) form, the pattern is three quatrains plus a final couplet (three four-line units and a two-line unit). The standard counts are: 14 verses total, grouped into four stanzas on the whole, with the exact stanza lengths depending on the variant.
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- Polish classroom descriptions often define a sonnet as:
- 14 wersów (lines)
- podzielony na 4 zwrotki/strofy: dwie czterowersowe (fourlines) and dwie trzywersowe (three-lines) in the Italian form; or the English variant with three quartets and one couplet.
- temat i rozwinięcie: pierwsza część wprowadza temat; druga rozwija go, a tercyny lub ostatnia zwrotka zawiera refleksję lub puentę.
- W praktyce, różne tradycje (włoska, angielska) różnią się układem rymów i liczbą strof, ale zawsze operują 14 wersami.
If you’d like, provide the exact variant (włoski/Petrarchan, angielski/Shakespearean) or a sample poem, and it can be analyzed to show how the lines and stanzas are organized.
