Tercet, terzet

A rhyming triplet, found in sequences such as

• aaa bbb (for example, Thomas Hardy's "The Convergence of the Twain")

   

• aba cdc (where b and d are unrhyming)

   

• abc abc (repeated)

   

• aba bcb (interlaced or linked, where the three lines are tied by rhyme to the rest of the stanza)

   

• the sestet of a sonnet and, when made into a stanza by itself, named terza rima (see just below).