Octet----Eight-line Stanza:八行诗 There are mainly two kinds of eight eight-line stanza forms, otta rima and trolet. 英文八行诗主要分为：

A.     Ottava Rima: 意大利八行体A form of verse stanza consisting of eight lines rhyming abababcc, usurally employed for narrative verse but sometimes used in lyric poems.

B.      Triolet:法国八行体 which is originally a French fixed form, is an eight-line stanza rhyming abaaabab. This from is experimented by very few English poets, but quite successfully.

  Pippa’s Song                         比芭之歌

        Robert Browning                   罗伯特 布朗宁

The year’s at the spring,        一年之计在于春，     一年中早晨，

And day’s at the morn;           一日之计在于晨，     一天中清晨，

Morning’s at seven;              晨光最好是七点，     早晨七点多清新；

The hillside’s dew-pearled;      山边露珠遍沾浸，     山坡露珠闪光，

The lark’s on the wing;          云雀此时展翅飞，     云雀飞翔高空，

The snail’s on the thorn:        蜗牛爬上荆棘针，     蜗牛欢喜蠕动：

God’s in His heaven----          上帝天国稳坐镇，     上帝安居天堂——

All’s right with the world!       各得其所天下平。     世上一切顺当！

              （石 瓃 译）      （ 宗 白  译）

  When We Two Parted                    昔日依依别         惜分飞

George Gordon Byron                      拜伦 

When we two parted          [a]          昔日依依别，        相倚无言泪共弹，

 In silence and tears,     [b]         泪流默无言：        断肠一别几多年？

Half broken-hearted          [a]         离恨肝肠断，        如冰双颊惊卿吻，

   To sever for years,        [b]        此别又几年。         预示今朝悲恨缠。

Pale grew thy cheek and cold, [c]        冷颊何惨然，

   Colder than thy kiss;      [d]        一吻寒更添；    

Truly that hour foretold     [c]         日后伤心事，

   Sorrow to this!          [d]         此刻已预言。

The dew of the morning                朝起寒露重，        晨露凄清蹙额寒，

  Sunk chill on my brow---            凛冽凝眉间——      此时愁绪岂无端。

It felt like the warning              彼时已预告：        山盟尽毁卿名丑，

  Of what I felt now.                 悲伤在今天。        听到卿名觉汗颜。

Thy vows are all broken,              山盟今安在？      

  And light is thy fame:              汝名何轻贱！        

I hear thy name spoken,               吾闻汝名传，            

And share in its shame.               羞愧在人前。

They name thee before me ,           闻汝名声恶，        卿名如刃刺心肝，

  A knell to mine ear;               犹如听丧钟。        底事缠绵爱念坚。

A shudder comes o’er me---          不禁心怵惕——      往昔蜜情人不晓，

  Why wert thou so dear?             往昔情太浓。        此生徒唤奈何天。

They know not I knew thee            谁知旧日情，                    

  Who knew thee well:                斯人知太深。

Long, long shall I rue thee,         绵绵长怀恨，

  Too deeply to tell.                尽在不言中。

In secret we met----                 昔日喜幽会，         伤怀寞寞忆幽欢，

  In silence I grieve,               今朝恨无声。         苦恨扬花意不专。

That thy heart could forget,         旧情汝已忘，         他日遇卿何所示，

  Thy spirit deceive.                痴心遇薄幸。         无言有泪泪难干。

If I should meet thee                多年离别后，              -----张悦光 译

  After long years,                  抑或再相逢，

How should I greet thee?             相逢何所语？

  With silence and tears.            泪流默无声。

                                           ----苏仲翔 译