quatrain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quatrain
1575–85; < French, equivalent to quatre four (< Latin quattuor ) + -ain < Latin -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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Heyward’s quatrains mingle hope and irony, serenity and unease.
“At first glance, it appears to be rhyming quatrains in iambic heptameter.”
From Literature
That, more than the quatrains of Omar Khayyam or the gorgeous rugs of Kerman, is the soft power that matters to Tehran.
From Seattle Times
On “Throw It Away,” she distills the relationship’s collapse into an incredible little quatrain: “We reached a ceiling/I had a feeling/From the beginning/Must be the ending.”
From New York Times
In “America,” he added, “I had this wonderful quatrain that went: ‘I like to be in America/OK by me in America/Everything free in America/For a small fee in America.’
From New York Times
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