テルツァ・リーマ
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet (c)
When far away an interrupted cry (d)
Came over houses from another street, (c)
But not to call me back or say good-by; (d)
And further still at an unearthly height (e)
One luminary clock against the sky (d)
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. (e)
I have been one acquainted with the night. (e)
(ロバート・フロスト『Acquainted With the Night』)
テルツァ・リーマにはとくに決まったリズム(韻律)は必要ないが、英語詩では普通、iambic pentameter(弱強五歩格)が好まれる。