Jerome, sorry for the delay, I have been away. According to Jiggery- Pokery by Hollander and Hecht, the stanzas are separated. The book features about 80 outstanding examples, also by other hands, such as Richard Howard, James Merrill, and Donald Hall. The co-authored introduction is amusing.
Subjects include topical ones, such as President Kennedy, the Vladimirs Nabokov and Horowitz, Schlesinger, etc., but also the Archangel Raphael, Maimonedes, Richard Plantagenet, and Anna Livia Plurabelle--more historical figures than contemporary. (Pity this contest is limited to contemporary celebrities.)
German and Greek subjects seemed especially convenient for supplying the 6 syllable one-word line (double dactylic) in the second stanza, which is a requirement of the form.
Anything else you'd like to know that I may find in the book, which must be long out of print, let me know. Good Luck!
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