åttastrofig

English translation: a little poem in eight verses

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Swedish term or phrase:åttastrofig
English translation:a little poem in eight verses
Entered by: Charlesp

18:52 Feb 17, 2015
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Swedish term or phrase: åttastrofig
en liten åttastrofig dikt,
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 10:43
a little poem in eight verses
Explanation:
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.'
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Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 10:43
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1a little poem in eight verses
Deane Goltermann
3eight stanza
Daniel Löfström
3 -1eight-line/eight-verse
Donald Jacobson


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
eight-line/eight-verse


Explanation:
a small eight-line poem

Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 04:43
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
eight stanza


Explanation:
A little eight stanza poem

Daniel Löfström
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a little poem in eight verses


Explanation:
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.'

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 10:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agneta Pallinder: Like this one
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Agneta!
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