heroic quatrain

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a poetic stanza consisting of four lines of iambic pentameter rhyming alternately.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Also called elegiac quatrain.

Sometimes they do heroic things, sometimes they wish they could.
After The Fall: Introducing The Anti-Villain|Rich Goldstein|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Claret for boys, port for men, and brandy for heroes, according to Dr. Johnson, and Hitch went for the heroic.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hamas called the attack “heroic” and, disgustingly, tweeted out photos of the bodies.
Mass Murder in the Holy City|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is this kind of abstraction that leads to more mythology, more heroic narratives, more undertones of patriotic martyrdom.
War Is About More Than Heroes, Martyrs, and Patriots|Nathan Bradley Bethea|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Who was the most erotic poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, when the quatrain reached its courtly zenith?
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun|Katie Baker|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Again, she was present at the battle of Silan, where her heroic example of courage infused new life into her brother rebels.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
It is not likely that the inhabitants of Ivrea, who thus commemorate her heroic deed, will ever forget their Mugnaia.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
All men are not heroes, and in many countries men may become average hunters without being particularly heroic.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
We shook each other by the hand, and congratulated one another mutually, as if we had done some great and heroic deed.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
He was in love, and, being very young, wanted to do something insanely heroic.
Uncanny Tales|Various